Job: God Will Punish the Wicked
Job 21:27
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- KJV
- Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- WEB
- “Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.
- ASV
- Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
- LSV
- Behold, I have known your thoughts, || And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
- YLT
- Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
- DBY
- Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- DRC
- Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
- GNV
- Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
- JPS
- Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- LXXE
- So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς, ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι·
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 5:22Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
- Psalms 119:86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
- Job 32:3and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
- Job 15:20–35A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless. Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. He despairs of his return from darkness; he is…
- Job 4:8–11As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed. The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl,…
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Job 5:3–5I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender. The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant…
- 1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
- Job 8:3–6Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion. But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy, if you…
- Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
- Job 20:29This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- Psalms 59:4For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
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