Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
In Context
26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Cross References
Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Job 32:3and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Psalms 59:4For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
Luke 5:22Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things 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 →