Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to his heart, “Will a son be born to a 100-year-old man? Or will Sarah—who is 90 years old—give birth?”
Job 9:23 - Tree of Life Version If a scourge smites suddenly, 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. |
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to his heart, “Will a son be born to a 100-year-old man? Or will Sarah—who is 90 years old—give birth?”
Now the reason I came to speak this word to my lord the king is because the people have made me afraid. So your handmaid thought, ‘I must speak to the king—perhaps the king will fulfill the request of his maidservant.
Then your handmaid also thought, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring relief. For like an angel of God so is my lord the king to discern good and evil.’ So may Adonai your God be with you.”
So the satan departed from the presence of Adonai, and afflicted Job with painful boils, from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
From the city men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out; yet God charges no one with folly.
Reflect now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were the upright destroyed?
Surely God does not spurn the blameless or strengthen the hand of evildoers.
would God not have discovered it? For He knows the secrets of the heart.