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Job 21:27
27I know what you are thinking. You want to show that I am guilty.
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
25But another person is sad all his life, until he dies. No good things ever happen to him. 26But they all die one day and their bodies lie under the ground. Worms cover their bodies, whoever they are. I know what you are thinking. You want to show that I am guilty. 28You say, “You see that the rich person no longer has a house. Wicked people no longer have homes to live in.” 29But you should ask people who travel to different places. You should listen to the things that they say.
Read all of Job 21Job 21:27 word by word
הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 21:27
- Job 4:8I will tell you what I have seen. Trouble comes to people who do wicked things. They receive the punishment that they deserve.
- Job 5:3I have seen fools who seemed to be successful. But suddenly a curse destroyed their homes.
- Job 8:3Surely you know that God is fair. The Almighty God never changes right things into wrong things.
- Job 15:20They knew this: A wicked person will have trouble all his life. Anyone who is cruel will suffer every year that he lives.
- Job 20:5You know that a wicked person is only happy for a short time. His joy continues only for a moment.
- Luke 5:22Jesus knew what these men were thinking. He told them, ‘You should not be thinking these things.
- Job 32:3Elihu was also angry with Job's three friends. They had not been able to find an answer to Job's problem. But they still said that Job was guilty.
- Job 42:7When the Lord had spoken to Job, he said this to Eliphaz, the man from Teman: ‘I am very angry with you and with your two friends. The things that my servant Job has said about me are true. But the things that you said were not right.
- Psalms 59:4I have done nothing that is wrong, but they are preparing to attack me. Do something to help me! Look at what they are doing!
- Psalms 119:86I know that I can trust all your commands, but people still give me trouble with their lies. Quickly, help me!
- 1 Peter 2:19This makes God happy. Maybe your master will punish you when you have done nothing wrong. If you know that you are serving God, continue to be patient and brave.
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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