Job 9:23
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׁוֹט
shôwṭ
a lash (literally or figuratively)
שָׂחַק
sâchaq
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
מַסָּה
maççâh
a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂחַק sâchaq
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Study H7832 →Cross References
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king ...
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
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