Job 9:23

Modern English Version

If the whip kills suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

2 Samuel 14:15

“So now I have come to speak to my lord the king about this matter because the people have made me afraid. So, I thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps the king will perform the request of his servant.

2 Samuel 14:17

“So, your servant thought, ‘May the word of my lord the king provide rest. For like the angel of God, my lord the king discerns good from evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’ ”

Job 2:7

Therefore, the Adversary went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with severe sores from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

Job 24:12

Men groan from outside the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out; yet God does not charge them with wrong.

Job 4:7

“Remember now, who being innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright ever wiped out?

Job 8:20

“Surely, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will He strengthen the evildoers,

Psalm 44:22

Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

Ezekiel 21:13

Because it is a trial, and what if even the rod which despises shall be no more? says the Lord God.