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Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֶ֤רֶץ׀'E.retza landH776 →
נִתְּנָ֬הni.te.Nahit has been givenH5414 →
בְֽיַד־ve.yad-in [the] hand ofH3027 →
רָשָׁ֗עra.Sha'a wicked [person]H7563 →
פְּנֵֽי־pe.nei-[the] face ofH6440 →
שֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָsho.fe.Tei.hajudges itsH8199 →
יְכַסֶּ֑הye.kha.Sehhe coversH3680 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
לֹ֖אlo'notH3808 →
אֵפ֣וֹא'e.Fo'thenH645 →
מִי־mi-who?H4310 →
הֽוּא׃Hu'[is] itH1931 →

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Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.Psalms 73:3–7For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.Jeremiah 12:1–2Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?2 Samuel 15:30But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.Job 21:7–15Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?Esther 7:5Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.Esther 6:12Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.Job 24:25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”Jeremiah 14:4The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.Job 12:6–10The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.Habakkuk 1:14–17You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’Daniel 7:7–28After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.Daniel 5:18–21As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.Job 32:2This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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