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21 I am blameless; I do not know myself;
    I loathe my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
    he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
23 When disaster brings sudden death,
    he mocks at the calamity[a] of the innocent.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

21 “Although I am blameless,(A)
    I have no concern for myself;(B)
    I despise my own life.(C)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(D)
23 When a scourge(E) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(F)

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