Job 9:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 14:15 : 15 And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.
  • 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!
  • Job 1:13-19 : 13 And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother, 14 And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side: 15 And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. 16 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. 17 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. 18 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house, 19 When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
  • Job 2:7 : 7 And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.
  • Job 4:7 : 7 Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?
  • Job 8:20 : 20 Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.
  • Job 24:12 : 12 From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.
  • Ps 44:22 : 22 Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
  • Ezek 14:19-21 : 19 Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast: 20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness. 21 For this is what the Lord has said: How much more when I send my four bitter punishments on Jerusalem, the sword and need of food and evil beasts and disease, cutting off from it man and beast?
  • Ezek 21:13 : 13 ...
  • Heb 11:36-37 : 36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons: 37 They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

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    22 It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

  • Job 22:19
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    19 The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

  • Job 9:24
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    24 The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

  • Ps 52:6
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    6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

  • Ps 37:12-13
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    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

    13 He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

  • Job 27:22
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    22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

  • Job 23:7
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    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 4:7
    71%

    7 Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

  • Prov 17:5
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    5 Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

  • Hab 1:11
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    11 Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.

  • Job 9:19
    71%

    19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • Job 24:22-23
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    71%

    22 But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

    23 He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

  • Job 17:8
    71%

    8 The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

  • Job 11:10-11
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    71%

    10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

    11 For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

  • Job 13:9
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    9 Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

  • Isa 31:2
    71%

    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Job 34:23
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    23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • Job 31:3
    71%

    3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

  • Job 9:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

    13 God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

  • Job 27:9
    71%

    9 Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

  • Prov 6:15
    71%

    15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

  • Job 36:17
    71%

    17 ...

  • Job 14:3
    71%

    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Prov 1:26
    71%

    26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

  • Job 31:29
    70%

    29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

  • Job 15:21
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    21 A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

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    20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

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    17 Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

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    26 The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

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    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

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    17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

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    24 He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

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    17 He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

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    21 The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

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    70%

    19 Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

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    70%

    28 A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24 He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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    4 It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

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    30 He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

  • Job 21:31
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    31 Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

  • Job 34:29
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    29 ...

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    70%

    21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

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    70%

    22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.