Job 21:27
Behold, I know your machshevot, 1 and the stratagems which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
In Context
26They shall lie down alike in the aphar, 1 and the worms shall cover them. 1
28For ye say, Where is the bais of the tyrant? 1 And where are the ohel mishkenot of the resha'im? 1
Cross References
Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, 1 and sow amal (trouble), reap the same. 1
Job 8:3Doth El pervert mishpat (justice)? 1 Or doth Shaddai pervert tzedek? 1
Job 20:5That the triumphing of the resha'im is short, 1 and the simchat chanef (joy of the hypocrite) but for a moment? 1
Job 32:3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no ma'aneh (refutation, answer), and yet had condemned Iyov.
Psalms 59:4For, hinei, they lie in wait for my nefesh; 1 the fierce stir up strife against me; 1 not for my peysha, nor for my chattat, Hashem. 1
Luke 5:22But he having had daas of their machshavot (thoughts), said to them in reply, Why are you reasoning in your levavot?
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 →