Job 9:22

“This [is] one [thing], etc.] Or “one thing [there] is” f394 in the world, as Jarchi adds; or “one measure”, as the Targum, to good and bad men; one event alike to the righteous, and to the wicked, (<210902>Ecclesiastes 9:2); so that, as others render it, “it is all one” f395, whether a man righteous and perfect, or whether he is not, he is equally liable to be afflicted and distressed: and “this is one thing, [very] singular” f396, amazing and astonishing, and very unaccountable; but so it is, and which he differed from his three friends about; as to the justice of God, he agreed with them in that; yea, he believed he was righteous in whatever he did, and even in this, which was so strange…”

“one thing--"It is all one; whether perfect or wicked--He destroyeth." This was the point Job maintained against his friends, that the righteous and wicked alike are afflicted, and that great sufferings here do not prove great guilt (Luk 13:1-5; Ecc 9:2).”

“This is one thing, therefore I said it - This may mean, “it is all the same thing. It makes no difference whether a man be righteous or wicked. God treats them substantially alike; he has one and the same rule on the subject. Nothing can be argued certainly about the character of a man from the divine dealings with him here.” This was the point in dispute, this the position that Job maintained - that God did not deal with people here in strict accordance with their character, but that the righteous and the wicked in this world were afflicted alike. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked - He makes no distinction among them. That Job was right in this his main position there can be no…”

“This - In the other things which you have spoken of God's greatness, and justice, I do not contend with you, but this one thing I do, and must affirm against you. He - God sends afflictions promiscuously upon good and bad men. Job 9:23”

“He destroyeth: Ecc 9:1-3; Eze 21:3, Eze 21:4; Luk 13:2-4 Job 9:23”