Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Job 9:23 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial 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. |
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.
So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evildoers:
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.