Job 9:23
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If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.

Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

Job 24:12
Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.

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If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.

If the

Job 1:13-19 Now upon a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother, . . .

Job 2:7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:

he will

Job 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?

Job 8:20 God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evil doer:

2 Samuel 14:15,17 Now therefore I am come, to speak this word to my lord the king before the people. And thy handmaid said: I will speak to the king, it maybe the king will perform the request of his handmaid. . . .

Psalm 44:22 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Ezekiel 14:19-21 Or if I also send the pestilence upon that land, and pour out my indignation upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: . . .

Ezekiel 21:13 Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God.

Hebrews 11:36,37 And others had trial of mockeries and stripes: moreover also of bands and prisons. . . .

Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
22One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth. 23If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?…
Lexicon
When
אִם־ (’i·mō·šō-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the scourge
שׁ֭וֹט (wṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7752: A scourge, whip

brings sudden
פִּתְאֹ֑ם (piṯ·’ōm)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6597: Suddenness, suddenly

death,
יָמִ֣ית (yā·mîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

He mocks
יִלְעָֽג׃ (yil·‘āḡ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3932: To deride, to speak unintelligibly

the despair
לְמַסַּ֖ת (lə·mas·saṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4531: A testing, of men, of God

of the innocent.
נְקִיִּ֣ם (nə·qî·yim)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5355: Clean, free from, exempt


Additional Translations
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.If the whip slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

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

For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.

If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.

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

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

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.
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