Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
In Context
26They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.
28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?
Cross References
Job 4:8According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
Job 32:3His anger was also kindled against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Psalms 59:4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault. Awake thou to help me, and behold.
Luke 5:22But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, having responded, he said to them, Why do ye deliberate in your hearts?
Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →