King James Version (KJV)

Job 9:24

“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?”

Verse in context — Job 9

This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

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

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?

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.