Abraham fell face down. Then he laughed and said to himself, ‘Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth? ’
Job 9:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When catastrophe brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When [His] scourge slays suddenly, He mocks at the calamity and trial of the innocent. American Standard Version (1901) If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent. Common English Bible If calamity suddenly kills, he mocks at the slaying of innocents. Catholic Public Domain Version If he scourges, let him kill all at once, and not laugh at the punishment of the innocent. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent. |
Abraham fell face down. Then he laughed and said to himself, ‘Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth? ’
‘Now therefore, I’ve come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought: I must speak to the king. Perhaps the king will grant his servant’s request.
Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.’
So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
From the city, men groan; the mortally wounded cry for help, yet God pays no attention to this crime.
Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?
Look, God does not reject a person of integrity, and he will not support evildoers.
Surely it will be a trial! And what if the sword despises even the sceptre? The sceptre will not continue.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.