Job 9:22
22 It is all the same; that is why I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'
Other Translations of Job 9:22
King James Version
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
English Standard Version
22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
The Message
22 Since either way it ends up the same, I can only conclude that God destroys the good right along with the bad.
New King James Version
22 It is all one thing; Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'
New Living Translation
22 Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to God. That's why I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 9:22
Commentary on Job 9:22-24
(Read Job 9:22-24)
Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute. His friends maintained that those who are righteous and good, always prosper in this world, and that none but the wicked are in misery and distress: he said, on the contrary, that it is a common thing for the wicked to prosper, and the righteous to be greatly afflicted. Yet there is too much passion in what Job here says, for God doth not afflict willingly. When the spirit is heated with dispute or with discontent, we have need to set a watch before our lips.