Job 27:23
Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
In Context
22God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.
Cross References
Esther 9:22As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.
Proverbs 11:10When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.
Lamentations 2:15All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?
Nahum 3:19Your pain may not be made better; you are wounded to death: all those hearing the news about you will be waving their hands in joy over you: for who has not undergone the weight of your evil-doing again and again?
Revelation 18:20Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.
Matthew Henry on Job 27:12-23
Heritage of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall… Read the whole commentary →