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Job 9:22

This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

KJV

Unum est quod locutus sum : et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.

Vulgate

διὸ εἶπον Μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή,

LXX

It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

ASV

אַחַ֗ת הִ֥יא עַל כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֑רְתִּי תָּ֥ם וְ֝/רָשָׁ֗ע ה֣וּא מְכַלֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
ם
m
verb · 203×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
תָּ֧ם
tm
adjective · 14×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 9:1 — For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before th
  • Eccl 9:2 — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is
  • Ezek 21:3 — And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
  • Job 1:8 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
  • Job 4:7 — Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
  • Job 8:20 — Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
  • Job 15:5 — For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
  • Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.