Job 9:22-24, 21:17-34, 24:21-25, Psa 73:13-14, Ecc 2:14, 7:15, 9:1-3 | ESV | STEP | It is all one ; therefore I say , He destroys both the blameless and the wicked .

am[See ver. 5 above]

an Rev. 3:19

ao[Ps. 101:8]

ap[Prov. 17:24]

aq ch. 3:19; 9:2, 3; Ps. 49:10

atSee ch. 8:14

aySee ch. 2:14

ba Zech. 5:3; [Mal. 3:5]

bb[See ver. 2 above]

bc ch. 1:17

Job 9:22-24

22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He ^adestroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When ^bdisaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} of the innocent.
24 ^dThe earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he ^ecovers the faces of its judges—
^fif it is not he, who then is it?

Job 21:17-34

17 “How often is it that ^gthe lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity comes upon them?
That God ^{▼▼Hebrew he} distributes pains in his anger?
18 That they are like ⁱstraw before the wind,
and like ^jchaff that the storm carries away?
19 You say, ‘God ^kstores up their iniquity for their ^lchildren.’
Let him pay it out to them, that they may ^mknow it.
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction,
and let them ⁿdrink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what do they care for their houses after them,
when ^othe number of their months is cut off?
22 ^pWill any teach God knowledge,
seeing that he ^qjudges those who are on high?
23 One dies in his full vigor,
being wholly at ease and secure,
24 his pails ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} full of milk
and ^sthe marrow of his bones moist.
25 Another dies in ^tbitterness of soul,
never having tasted of prosperity.
26 They ^ulie down alike in the dust,
and ^vthe worms cover them.
27 “Behold, I know your thoughts
and your schemes to wrong me.
28 For you say, ^w‘Where is the house of the prince?
Where is ^xthe tent in which the wicked lived?’
29 Have you not asked those who travel the roads,
and do you not accept their testimony
30 that ^ythe evil man is spared in the day of calamity,
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
31 Who declares his way ^zto his face,
and who ^aarepays him for what he has done?
32 When he is ^abcarried to the grave,
watch is kept over his tomb.
33 ^acThe clods of the valley are sweet to him;
^adall mankind follows after him,
and those who go before him are innumerable.
34 How then will you comfort me with empty nothings?
There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.”

Job 24:21-25

21 “They wrong the barren, childless woman,
and do no good to the widow.
22 Yet God ^{▼▼Hebrew he} prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
they rise up when they despair of life.
23 He gives them security, and they are supported,
and his ^afeyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted ^aga little while, and then ^ahare gone;
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they are ^aicut off like the heads of grain.
25 If it is ^ajnot so, who will prove me a liar
and show that there is nothing in what I say?”

Psalms 73:13-14

13 All in vain have I ^akkept my heart clean
and ^alwashed my hands in innocence.
14 For all the day long I have been ^amstricken
and ^anrebuked ^aoevery morning.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

14 ^apThe wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the ^aqsame event happens to all of them.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

15 In my ^arvain ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)} life I have seen everything. There is ^ata righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who ^auprolongs his life in his evildoing.

Ecclesiastes 9:1-3

Death Comes to All

1 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, ^avhow the righteous and the wise and their deeds are ^awin the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. 2 ^axIt is the same for all, since ^aythe same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks and the evil} to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who ^baswears is as he who shuns an oath. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that ^bbthe same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and ^bcmadness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.