Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Holman Bible
He mocks the despair of the innocent.
International Standard Version
If a calamity causes sudden death, he'll mock at the despair of the innocent.
A Conservative Version
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
American Standard Version
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Amplified
“When [His] scourge kills suddenly,
He mocks at the despair of the innocent.
Bible in Basic English
If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
Darby Translation
If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
Julia Smith Translation
If the scourge shall fall suddenly, he will deride at the trial of the innocent
King James 2000
If the scourge slays suddenly, he will laugh at the plight of the innocent.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the whip kills suddenly, he mocks at [the] despair of [the] innocent.
Modern King James verseion
If the whip kills suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the innocent.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And though he slay suddenly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
NET Bible
If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
New Heart English Bible
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
The Emphasized Bible
If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh.
Webster
If the scourge shall slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
World English Bible
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Youngs Literal Translation
If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.
Themes
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
22
It is all one thing. Therefore I say: God destroys the blameless and the wicked.
23
He
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:15
Your Majesty, I came here to tell you about my problem. I was afraid of what someone might do to me. I decided to come to you, because I thought you could help.
2 Samuel 14:17
I can rest easy now that you have given your decision. You know the difference between right and wrong just like an angel of God. I pray that Jehovah your God will be with you.
Job 1:13-19
One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother,
Job 2:7
Satan left Jehovah's presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
Job 4:7
Now think about this: Which innocent person ever died an untimely death? Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.
Job 8:20
Certainly God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
Job 24:12
The dying groan from the city. The throat of the wounded cries for help. Yet God pays no attention to their prayer.
Psalm 44:22
We are being killed all day long because of you. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.
Ezekiel 14:19-21
Let us say I send a plague into that country or pour out my fury on it by killing people and destroying animals.
Ezekiel 21:13
For there is testing. And what if even the rod that despises will be no more? Declares the Lord Jehovah.
Hebrews 11:36-37
And others had trial of cruel mocking and scourging and bonds and imprisonment.