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 concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die. 6I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. “May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil. 8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life? 9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon 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 25:26“Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, since the Lord has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.
• 2 Samuel 18:32“What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?” And the Ethiopian replied, “May all of your enemies, my lord the king, both now and in the future, share the fate of that young man!”
• Daniel 4:19“Upon hearing this, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) was overcome for a time, frightened by the meaning of the dream. Then the king said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, don’t be alarmed by the dream and what it means.’ “Belteshazzar replied, ‘I wish the events foreshadowed in this dream would happen to your enemies, my lord, and not to 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