Job 9:23
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If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
In other translations
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Hebrew words
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- Job 1:13-1913 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.13 One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” 16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Ezekiel 21:13Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
- 2 Samuel 14:15Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
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- Job 2:7So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
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