Job 21:27

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

25While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good. 26Together they lie down in the dust, And maggots cover them. “Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots you devise against me. 28For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’ 29Have you not asked travelers, And do you not examine their evidence?

Job 21:27 word by word

הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Beholdהֵןhên · look!H2005
• I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• your thoughtsמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• And the plotsמְזִמָּהmezimmâh · plotH4209
• you deviseחָמַסchâmas · to injureH2554
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Job 21:27

• Job 4:8According to what I have seen, those who plow wrongdoing And those who sow trouble harvest it.
• Job 5:3I have seen the fool taking root, And I cursed his home immediately.
• Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
• Job 15:20The wicked person writhes in pain all his days, And the years reserved for the ruthless are numbered.
• Job 20:5That the rejoicing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
• Luke 5:22But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, responded and said to them, “Why are you thinking this way in your hearts?
• Job 32:3And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had condemned Job.
• Job 42:7It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is trustworthy, as My servant Job has.
• Psalms 59:4For no guilt of mine, they run and take their stand against me. Stir Yourself to help me, and see!
• Psalms 119:86All Your commandments are faithful; They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!
• 1 Peter 2:19For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person endures grief when 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

Topics related to Job 21:27

• Self-Righteousness
• Wicked (People)

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