Job 9:23

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If the scourge slay suddenly - If calamity comes in a sudden and unexpected manner. Dr. Good, following Reiske, translates this,” if he suddenly...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

If the scourge (q) slay suddenly, he will (r) laugh at the trial of the innocent. (q) That is, the wicked. (r) This is spoken according to our appr...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 9:1-24 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that the Almighty cannot judge falsely ( Job 8:3 ). In Job 2 accepts the gene...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. If - `While (His) scourge ( Isaiah 28:15 ) slays suddenly (both the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Second Speech ( Job 9:10 ) Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most difficult in the book. Driver in his 'Int...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Scourge ] e.g. famine, etc. Trial] RM 'calamity.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The scourge slay suddenly. — Probably meaning that in the case of hidden calamity overtaking an innocent man, He, God, will laugh at it: that is to...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN Job 9:1-35 ; Job 10:1-22 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Daysman” Job 9:1-35 Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general proposition, Of a truth I know that it is so; and then propounded the great que...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) В¶ This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. (23) If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the tri...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If the scourge slay suddenly ,.... Not Satan, as Jarchi and Bar Tzemach; but any sore calamity which surrounds a man, lashes, cuts, and distresses h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. Ver. 23. If the scourge slay suddenly ] By scourge here is meant a commo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This one thing In the other things which you have spoken of, God's greatness, power, and justice, I do not contend with you; but this one thing I d...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD? (vv.1-13) Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than Bildad's arguments had taken. But...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh a...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If the scourge slay suddenly; either, 1. If some common and deadly judgment come upon a people, which destroys both good and bad. Or, 2. If God...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice ( Job 9:1 ). Declares the impossibility of fallen man es...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 9:5 . Removeth the mountains, by earthquakes. The great mountain ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where liases,...
The Biblical Illustrator

Which doeth great things past finding out. Job’s idea of what God is to mankind He regards the Eternal as-- I. Inscrutable. 1. In His wor...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 9:1-18 Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alon...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Insists that God Visits also the Righteous with Affliction
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If the scourge slay suddenly, namely, by means of any calamity, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent, God will mock at the despair of the gui...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:15 ; 2 Samuel 14:17 ; Ezekiel 14:19-21 ; Ezekiel 21:13 ; Hebrews 11:36 ; Hebrews 11:37 ; Job 1:13-19 ; Job 2:7 ; Job 4:7 ; Job...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Suddenly — If some common judgment come upon a people. Laugh — God will be well pleased, to see how the same scourge, which is the perdition of the...

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

Related Commentaries of Job 9:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 9:23