Christian Standard Bible
Job 21:27
27I know your thoughts very well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Job 21:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- New International Version (NIV)“I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
Context of Job 21:27
25Yet another person dies with a bitter soul, having never tasted prosperity. 26But they both lie in the dust, and worms cover them. I know your thoughts very well, the schemes by which you would wrong me. 28For you say, “Where now is the nobleman’s house?” and “Where are the tents the wicked lived in?” 29Have you never consulted those who travel the roads? Don’t you accept their reports?
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הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 21:27
- Job 4:8In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 15:20A wicked person writhes in pain all his days, throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless.
- Job 20:5the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
- Luke 5:22But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?
- Job 32:3He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.
- Job 42:7After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
- Psalms 59:4For no fault of mine, they run and take up a position. Awake to help me, and take notice.
- Psalms 119:86All your commands are true; people persecute me with lies — help me!
- 1 Peter 2:19For it brings favor if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.
Commentaries on Job 21:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27I know your thoughts - Ye still think that, because I am grievously afflicted, I must therefore be a felonious transgressor.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Behold, I know your thoughts - That is, “I see that you are not satisfied, and that you are disposed still to maintain your former position. You will be ready to ask, Where “are” the proofs of the prosperity of the wicked? Where “are” the palaces of the mighty? Where “are” the dwelling places of ungodly men!” And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me - The course of sophistical argument which you pursue, the tendency and design of which is to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-34Verses 27-34 Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to whom you will, you will find that the punishment of sinners is designed more for the other world than for this, Jude 1:14, 15. The sinner is here supposed to live in a great deal of power. The sinner shall have a splendid funeral: a poor thing for any man…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. Their wrongful thoughts against Job are stated by him in Job 21:28. They do not honestly name Job, but insinuate his guilt.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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