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Job 9:23

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

KJV

Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.

Vulgate

ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ, ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται·

LXX

If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

ASV

אִם שׁ֭וֹט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְ/מַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
לָעֲגָ֣ה
l'gh
verb · 17×
מַסֹּת֩
mst
noun · 5×
נָקִ֔י
nqy
adjective · 42×
פִּתְאֹ֑ם
pt'm
adverb · 25×
שּׁוֹטִ֔ים
shvtym
noun · 11×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Job 24:12 — Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.