Job 27:23
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
In Context
22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Cross References
Esther 9:22As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Proverbs 11:10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Nahum 3:19There is no healing of your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of you shall clap the hands over you: for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, you heaven, and all of you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
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 →