Job 9:24 Parallel Translations

The earth is handed over to the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If he isn't the one doing this, who is?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

ASV:

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he , who then is it?

BBE:

The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

DBY:

The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked man; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?

ERV:

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not he, who then is it?

JPS:

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?

WBS:

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of its judges; if not, where, and who is he?

WEB:

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?

YLT:

Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who is he?

Job 9:24 Cross References

XREF:

Job 10:3 'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?

Job 12:6 "The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.

Job 12:17 "He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.

Job 16:11 "God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: {s} he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who {t} [is] he?
(s) That they cannot see to do justice.
(t) That can show the contrary?

WES:

9:24 The earth - The dominion over it. Into - Into their power. As good men are frequently scourged, so the wicked are advanced. Faces - Meantime he covers the faces of wise and good men, fit to be judges, and buries them alive in obscurity, perhaps suffers them to be condemned, and their faces covered as criminals, by those to whom the earth is given. This is daily done: if it be not God that doth it, where and who is he that doth?

MHC:

9:22-24 Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute. His friends maintained that those who are righteous and good, always prosper in this world, and that none but the wicked are in misery and distress: he said, on the contrary, that it is a common thing for the wicked to prosper, and the righteous to be greatly afflicted. Yet there is too much passion in what Job here says, for God doth not afflict willingly. When the spirit is heated with dispute or with discontent, we have need to set a watch before our lips.

CONC:

Blindfolds Covered Covereth Covers Evil-doer Face Faces Hands Judges Power Thereof Wicked

Covered Covereth Covers Earth Evil-Doer Face Faces Falls Hand Hands Judges Power Thereof Wicked

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