Job 9:24

English Standard Version 2016

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges— if it is not he, who then is it?

Cross References

Job 10:3

Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked?

Daniel 4:17

The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.’

Jeremiah 14:4

Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

Psalm 17:14

from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Job 32:2

Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.

Job 24:25

If it is not so, who will prove me a liar and show that there is nothing in what I say?”

Job 16:11

God gives me up to the ungodly and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.

Esther 7:8

And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face.

Esther 6:12

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 15:30

But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.

Job 19:7

Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

Job 22:8

The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man lived in it.

Job 24:12

From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.