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

5I will never agree that you, my three friends, are right. Until the day of my death, I will continue to say what I know is right. 6I will never agree that I am guilty. During all of my life, my thoughts do not say that I am doing anything wrong. I pray that God will punish my enemies as he punishes all wicked people. They do bad things to me, so they deserve punishment. 8When God chooses to remove wicked people, they cannot hope for any good thing. God will cause them to die. 9When they are in trouble and they pray for help, God will not listen to them.

Job 27:7 word by word

יְהִ֣י כְ֭רָשָׁע אֹ֣יְבִ֑י וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥י כְעַוָּֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let mine enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• be as the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• and he that riseth upקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
• against me as the unrighteousעַוָּל‛avvâl · unjustH5767

Cross-references for Job 27:7

• 1 Samuel 25:26I know this as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live: The Lord has stopped you from killing anyone today. You could have done that, but he has not let you do it. I pray that God will punish all your enemies in the same way that he will punish Nabal.
• 2 Samuel 18:32The king asked the Ethiopian man, ‘Is the young man Absalom safe?’ The man replied, ‘My lord the king, I hope that your enemies and all those who want to hurt you would be as dead as he is!’
• Daniel 4:19Daniel, whose other name was Belteshazzar, was upset for a short time. His thoughts caused him a lot of trouble. The king said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or what it means cause you trouble.’ Then Belteshazzar answered the king. ‘Sir, I would like the dream to be about your enemies and not about you.

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