Job 27:7

Job 27:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
• New International Version (NIV)“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.

Context of Job 27:7

5Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me. 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days. Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when God taketh away his soul? 9Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

Job 27:7 word by word

יְהִ֣י כְ֭רָשָׁע אֹ֣יְבִ֑י וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥י כְעַוָּֽל׃Read the interlinear

• enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563

Cross-references for Job 27:7

• 1 Samuel 25:26And now, my lord, [as] Jehovah liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah has restrained thee from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
• 2 Samuel 18:32And the king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite said, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee for evil, be as that young man.
• Daniel 4:19Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, nor its interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and its interpretation to thine enemies!

Commentaries on Job 27:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Let mine enemy be as the wicked - Let my accuser be proved a lying and perjured man, because he has laid to my charge things which he cannot prove, and which are utterly false.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Let mine enemy be as the wicked - This is probably said that he might show that it was not his intention to justify the wicked, and that in all that he had said it was no part of his purpose to express approbation of their course. His friends had charged him with this; but he now solemnly disclaims it, and says that he had no such design. To show how little he meant to justify the wicked, he says that the utmost that he could desire for an enemy would be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 Job looked upon the condition of a hypocrite and a wicked man, to be most miserable. If they gained through life by their profession, and kept up their presumptuous hope till death, what would that avail when God required their souls? The more comfort we find in our religion, the more closely we shall cleave to it. Those who have no delight in God, are easily drawn away by the pleasures, and easily overcome by the crosses of this life. (Job…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Let ... be--Let mine enemy be accounted as wicked, that is, He who opposes my asseveration of innocence must be regarded as actuated by criminal hostility. Not a curse on his enemies.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:7

• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Deceit
• Heap
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 27

• 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