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

5Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Until I die, I will not give up my integrity. 6I have kept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not rebuke any of my days. “May my enemy be as the wicked, And my opponent as the criminal. 8For what is the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life, When God requires his life? 9Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him?

Job 27:7 word by word

יְהִ֣י כְ֭רָשָׁע אֹ֣יְבִ֑י וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥י כְעַוָּֽל׃Read the interlinear

• May my enemyאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• be as the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• my opponentקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965

Cross-references for Job 27:7

• 1 Samuel 25:26“Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, may your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal.
• 2 Samuel 18:32Then the king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you for evil, be like that young man!”
• Daniel 4:19“Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his thoughts alarmed him. The king responded and said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar replied, ‘My lord, if only the dream applied to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries!

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