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Job 9:23

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

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

The earth is given into the hands of the wicked,.... Either the wicked one, Satan, as Jarchi and Bar Tzemach, who is the…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

If the scourge slay suddenly - If calamity comes in a sudden and unexpected manner. Dr. Good, following Reiske,…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 9:22-24

Here Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute between him and his friends. They maintained that those who…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Further illustration of this character of God.

the scourge i. e. the plague, as pestilence, famine, war, and the like,…