Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 21 connects to 10 cross-references. Job challenges his friends to listen carefully before mocking him. He observes the empirical reality that the wicked do prosper: they live long, multiply, and die in peace without experiencing the judgment his friends claim is inevitable. This chapter represents …
Other Translations
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;
Cross References
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their …
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness …
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.