Job 9:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁴ The earth  is handed over to the wicked; he blindfolds  its judges. If it isn’t he, then who is it?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He covereth the faces of the judges thereof; If not, where, and who is he?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blinded to justice]. If it is not [God], who then is it [responsible for all this inequality]?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he, who then is it?

Common English Bible

²⁴ The earth is handed over to the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges. If not God, then who does?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious, he covers the face of its judges; for if it is not him, then who is it?

Job 9:24 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:30

David was climbing the slope of the Mount of Olives,  weeping as he ascended. His head was covered,  and he was walking barefoot.  All of the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they ascended.

2 Samuel 19:4

But the king covered his face  and cried loudly, ‘My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! ’

Esther 6:12

Then Mordecai returned to the King’s Gate,  but Haman hurried off for home, mournful and with his head covered.

Esther 7:8

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall,  Haman was falling on the couch  where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, ‘Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the house? ’ As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Job 10:3

Is it good for you to oppress, to reject the work of your hands, and favour  the plans of the wicked?

Job 12:17

He leads counsellors away barefoot and makes judges go mad.

Job 16:11

God hands me over to the unjust; he throws me to the wicked.

Job 19:7

I cry out, ‘Violence! ’ but get no response; I call for help, but there is no justice.

Job 22:8

while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.

Job 24:12

From the city, men   groan; the mortally wounded cry for help, yet God pays no attention to this crime.

Job 24:25

If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar and show that my speech is worthless?

Job 32:2

Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite  from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified  himself rather than God.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.  Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Jeremiah 14:4

The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

Daniel 4:17

This word is by decree of the watchers, and the decision is by command from the holy ones. This is so that the living will know that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms. He gives them to anyone he wants and sets the lowliest of people over them.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord   with your words. Yet you ask, ‘How have we wearied him? ’ When you say, ‘Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and he is delighted with them,  or else where is the God of justice? ’