Job 9:24, 12:6 | JFB | STEP | 24. Referring to righteous "judges," in antithesis to "the wicked" in the parallel first clause, whereas the wicked oppressor often has the earth given into his hand, the righteous judges are led to execution-- culprits had their faces covered preparatory to execution ( ). Thus the contrast of the wicked and righteous here answers to that in . if not, where and who?-- If God be not the cause of these anomalies, where is the cause to be found, and who is he?

‏ Job 9:24

24. Referring to righteous "judges," in antithesis to "the wicked" in the parallel first clause, whereas the wicked oppressor often has the earth given into his hand, the righteous judges are led to execution--culprits had their faces covered preparatory to execution (Es 7:8). Thus the contrast of the wicked and righteous here answers to that in Job 9:23.

if not, where and who?--If God be not the cause of these anomalies, where is the cause to be found, and who is he?

‏ Job 12:6

6. Job shows that the matter of fact opposes Zophar's theory (Job 11:14, 19, 20) that wickedness causes insecurity in men's "tabernacles." On the contrary, they who rob the "tabernacles" ("dwellings") of others "prosper securely" in their own.

into whose hand, &c.--rather, "who make a god of their own hand," that is, who regard their might as their only ruling principle [Umbreit].