Job 27:23
People clap their hands at them and hiss at them wherever they are.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
In Context
22The wind blows at them with full force; they try desperately to escape.
Cross References
Esther 9:22as the time when the Jews rested from their victory over their enemies, and as the month when their sadness was turned into joy and their mourning into a time of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.
Proverbs 11:10The whole town celebrates when good people are successful; they also shout for joy when the wicked die.
Lamentations 2:15Everyone who passes by mock you, clapping their hands, hissing and shaking their heads in scorn at the Daughter of Jerusalem. “Is this really the city that people called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” they ask.
Nahum 3:19There is no way to heal your injuries, you are too badly wounded. Everyone who hears this news will applaud what has happened to you, for was there anyone who escaped your continuous cruelty?
Revelation 18:20Celebrate what's happened to her, heaven and believers and apostles and prophets, for God has condemned her as she condemned you.”
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 →