Job 9:24 - Easy To Read Version

²⁴ When an evil man takes control of a land,\par does God keep the leaders\par from seeing what is happening?\par If that is true,\par then who is God anyway?\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He covereth the faces of the judges thereof; If not, where, and who is he?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blinded to justice]. If it is not [God], who then is it [responsible for all this inequality]?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he, who then is it?

Common English Bible

²⁴ The earth is handed over to the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges. If not God, then who does?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious, he covers the face of its judges; for if it is not him, then who is it?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the face of the judges thereof. And if it be not he, who is it then?

Job 9:24 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 15:30

David went up the Mount of Olives. He was crying. He covered his head and he went without shoes on his feet. All of the people with David also covered their heads. They went with David, crying.

2 Samuel 19:4

The king had covered his face. He was crying loudly, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Esther 6:12

After that, Mordecai went back to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried home. He covered his head because he was embarrassed and ashamed.

Esther 7:8

Just as the king was coming back in from the garden to the party room, he saw Haman falling on the couch where Esther was lying. The king said with anger in his voice, “Will you attack the queen even while I am in the house?

Job 10:3

God, does hurting me make you happy?\par It seems that you don’t care about\par what you made.\par Or maybe you are happy\par with the plans that bad people make?\par

Job 12:17

God strips advisors of their wisdom\par and makes leaders act like fools.\par

Job 16:11

God has given me to evil people.\par He let wicked people hurt me.\par

Job 19:7

I shout, ‘He hurt me!’\par But I get no answer.\par Even if I call loudly for help,\par no person hears my cry for fairness.\par

Job 22:8

Job, you have a lot of farm land.\par And people respect you.\par

Job 24:12

In the city you can hear\par the sad sounds of the dying people.\par Those hurt people cry out for help.\par But God does not listen.\par

Job 24:25

“I swear (promise) these things are true!\par Who can prove that I lied?\par Who can show that I am wrong?”\par

Job 32:2

But there was a young man there named Elihu son of Barakel. Barakel was a descendant {\cf2\super [69]} of a man named Buz. Elihu was from the family of Ram. Elihu became very angry with Job. Why? Because Job was saying that he himself was right. Job was saying that he was more fair than God.

Psalm 17:14

Lord, use your power and remove\par bad people from the \{land of\} the living.\par

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw that many people are treated badly. I saw their tears. And I saw that there was no one to comfort those sad people. I saw cruel people had all the power. And I saw that there was no one to comfort the people they hurt.

Jeremiah 14:4

No person prepares the ground for crops. {\cf2\super [120]} \par No rain falls on the land.\par The farmers are depressed.\par So they cover their heads from shame.\par

Daniel 4:17

A holy angel announced this punishment. Why? So all the people on earth may know that God Most High rules over the kingdoms of men. God gives those kingdoms to anyone he wants to. And God chooses humble people to rule those kingdoms!