Bible verse
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Job 9:23 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 9.
19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
KJV
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
ASV
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
ERV
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
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