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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?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses God directly in a lament, positioned between his observation that sudden death mocks the innocent and his complaint that his days flee without seeing good.
The words — The verb נִתְּנָה (niteinah) means "it has been given," describing how the earth is handed over to the wicked, while יְכַסֶּה (yekasseh) means "he covers," depicting the obscuring of the judges' vision.
The thread — This tension between divine control and apparent injustice runs through Job 10:3, where Job questions God's favor toward the wicked, and Psalms 73:3, which records the author's envy of the arrogant's prosperity.
Why it lands — The text states that God hands the earth to the wicked and blunts human judgment, demanding the reader acknowledge divine sovereignty alongside observable corruption without supplying a theological workaround.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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?
Cross-references
- Job 10:3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- Psalms 73:3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous 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 15:30 But 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 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- 2 Samuel 19:4 But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- Esther 6:12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
- Esther 7:8 Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
- Job 12:6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
- Job 12:17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.