Job 9:25

"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?"

Key Reflection

In Job 9:25, the verse suggests that despite the wicked holding power over the earth, even they cannot fully suppress justice and righteousness entirely; there are still judges to whom God can turn for fairness. The question at the end hints at the ultimate accountability of the wicked and the incompleteness of their control, implying that if not these judges, then others will eventually bring about justice.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Now my days are swifter than a post -Than a courier, runner, or racer,רוּץrûts. Vulgate,cursore; Septuagint,δρομέωςdromeōs, a racer. The word is not unfrequently applied to the runners or couriers, that carried royal commands in ancient times. It is applied to the mounted couriers of the Persians who carried the royal edicts to the distant provinces,Esther 3:13,Esther 3:15;Esther 8:14, and to the body-guard and royal messengers of Saul and of David,1Sa 22:17;2 Kings 10:25. The common rate of traveling in the East is exceedingly slow. The caravans move little more than two miles an hour.

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