Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Job 9:23 - Revised Standard Version When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity 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 on his face and laughed, and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid; and your handmaid thought, ‘I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
And your handmaid thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest’; for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”
So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and afflicted Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer.
“Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
Nay, for thy sake we are slain all the day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise the rod?” says the Lord God.