Job 9:22

“It is all one! ¹  That is why I say, ²  ‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

biblegateway Job 9:22

It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

biblegateway Job 9:22

"It is all one; therefore I say, ‘He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.’

biblegateway Job 9:22

Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to him. That is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

biblegateway Job 9:22

Since either way it ends up the same, I can only conclude that God destroys the good right along with the bad.

SABDAweb Job 9:22

It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

bibleoremus Job 9:22

It is all one; therefore I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.

biblegateway Job 9:22

It is all one thing ; Therefore I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’

biblegateway Job 9:22

“It is all one! ¹  That is why I say, ²  ‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

¹ tc The LXX omits the phrase “It is all one.” Modern scholars either omit it or transpose it for clarity.

¹ sn The expression “it is one” means that God’s dealings with people is undiscriminating. The number “one” could also be taken to mean “the same” – “it is all the same.” The implication is that it does not matter if Job is good or evil, if he lives or dies. This is the conclusion of the preceding section.

² tn The relationships of these clauses is in some question. Some think that the poet has inverted the first two, and so they should read, “That is why I have said: ‘It is all one.’” Others would take the third clause to be what was said.