Philosophical accentuation of ironic negation, outlined in Chap. 2 , underpins prevalent interpretations of irony as a subversive force, especially in relation to issues of power within the state and religion. This chapter introduces several interpretations of irony within recent scholarship on biblical literature that perceive irony as a form of subversive vision, in which the ironic word challenges conventional or dominant understandings of authority and justice—prophetically, to anticipate God’s future as otherwise to present institutions and structures. A reassessment of irony as subversive vision is offered by way of the doubled structure of irony, which perceives enfolded perspectives and understandings that are not readily disentangled. Irony is not simply a form of speaking in opposites but prompts a reader to engage in meaning-making as a dynamic process. In problematising the simple given word, irony is subversive; it also provokes interpretation by engaging the subject in the figuration of meaning between contrasting or contradictory possibilities and experiences. This doubled structure is exemplified by the Parable of the Unjust Judge (Luke 18:1–8): the judge’s actions expose the failings of human justice, where decisions are shaped not by righteousness but by self-preservation, even as they bring about a necessary form of justice. Far from simply undermining concepts like justice, the irony in this and other New Testament narratives, suggests that true justice may not come in easily recognisable forms.