Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices by which ye wrong me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
In Context
26Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
28For ye say, “Where is the house of the oppressor, And where the dwelling-places of the wicked?”
Cross References
Job 4:8According to what I have seen, they who plough iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.
Job 8:3Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 20:5The triumphing of the wicked hath been short, And the joy of the impious but for a moment?
Job 32:3Against his three friends also was his wrath kindled, because they had not found an answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Psalms 59:4Without any offence of mine, they run and prepare themselves; Awake to help me, and behold!
Luke 5:22But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered and said to them, What are ye thinking 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 →