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

25And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good. 26Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both. “Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me. 28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’ 29Have you never questioned those who travel the roads? Do you not recognize their accounts –

Job 21:27 word by word

הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• your thoughtsמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• and the devicesמְזִמָּהmezimmâh · plotH4209
• ye wrongfully imagineחָמַסchâmas · to injureH2554

Cross-references for Job 21:27

• Job 4:8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
• Job 5:3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
• Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
• Job 15:20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.
• Job 20:5that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
• Luke 5:22When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you raising objections within yourselves?
• Job 32:3With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.
• Job 42:7After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.
• Psalms 59:4Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!
• Psalms 119:86All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me!
• 1 Peter 2:19For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in 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