23If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.


In Context

20 If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.

21 Perfect I am! — I know not my soul, I despise my life.

22 It is the same thing, therefore I said, 'The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.'

23 If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.

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

25 My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,

Job 9:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:23When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:23If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23If the scourge shall slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:23If the whip slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.