the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Job 21:27
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I know your thoughts very well,the schemes by which you would wrong me.
"Behold, I know your thoughts, The devices with which you would wrong me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
"Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.
"I know very well your thoughts and your plans to wrong me.
"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me.
"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots you devise against me.
"Behold, I know your thoughts, The devices with which you would wrong me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
"Behold, I know your thoughts,And the plans by which you do violence against me.
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
My friends, I know that you are plotting against me.
"Look, I know what you are thinking and your plans to do me wrong.
Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
"But I know what you are thinking, and I know you want to hurt me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me.
I know what spiteful thoughts you have.
"Look, I know your thoughts and the schemes you devise against me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots you would wrongfully do against me;
But I knowe what ye thinke, yee and what ye ymagin agaynst me vnrightuously.
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the deuices which yee wrongfully imagine against me.
Beholde, I know what ye thinke, yea and the subtiltie that ye imagine against me.
So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Look, I know your thoughts, And the devices with which you would wrong me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
"Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
"Look, I know what you're thinking. I know the schemes you plot against me.
"See, I know your thoughts and your plans to wrong me.
"Oh, I know your thoughts, and your schemes to wrong me.
Lo! I know your plans, and the devices, wherewith ye would do me violence!
Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
"Behold, I know your thoughts, and your schemes to wrong me.
Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
"I'm not deceived. I know what you're up to, the plans you're cooking up to bring me down. Naively you claim that the castles of tyrants fall to pieces, that the achievements of the wicked collapse. Have you ever asked world travelers how they see it? Have you not listened to their stories Of evil men and women who got off scot-free, who never had to pay for their wickedness? Did anyone ever confront them with their crimes? Did they ever have to face the music? Not likely—they're given fancy funerals with all the trimmings, Gently lowered into expensive graves, with everyone telling lies about how wonderful they were.
"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I know: Job 4:8-11, Job 5:3-5, Job 8:3-6, Job 15:20-35, Job 20:5, Job 20:29, Luke 5:22
ye wrongfully: Job 32:3, Job 42:7, Psalms 59:4, Psalms 119:86, 1 Peter 2:19
Reciprocal: Job 9:29 - General Job 13:4 - ye are forgers Job 16:17 - Not for Job 19:7 - I cry Job 20:19 - Because Job 22:5 - not thy Job 22:20 - our substance Job 33:32 - General Job 36:4 - my John 9:3 - Neither 1 Corinthians 13:5 - thinketh James 2:4 - judges
Cross-References
In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whiche thou doist;
therfore swere thou bi God that thou noye not me, and myn eiris, and my kynrede; but bi the mersi whych Y dide to thee, do thou to me, and to the lond in which thou lyuedist a comelyng.
And Abraham settide seuene ewe lambren of the flok asidis half.
Therfor thilke place was clepid Bersabee, for euere eithir swore there;
Therfor come thou, and make we boond of pees, that it be witnessyng bitwixe me, and thee.
Forsothe Jonathas and Dauid maden boond of pees, `that is, swerynge euerlastynge frenschip; for Jonathas louyde Dauid as his owne soule;
A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli.
The yift of a man alargith his weie; and makith space to hym bifore princes.
A man freendli to felouschipe schal more be a frend, than a brothir.
A yift hid quenchith chidyngis; and a yift in bosum quenchith the moost indignacioun.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, I know your thoughts,.... God only truly, really, and in fact, knows the thoughts of men; this is his peculiar prerogative, he only is the searcher of the hearts and the trier of the reins of the children of men. Christ, the eternal Logos, or Word, by his being a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, appears to be truly God. No man knows the things of a than, or the thoughts of his heart, but himself, and such to whomsoever he reveals them; but a wise and understanding man, a careful observer of men and things, may make some shrewd guesses at the thoughts of others, by hints and half words, or sentences expressed by them; by the show of their countenance, which is the index of the mind, and by the gestures and motions of their bodies; by these they may in a good measure judge whether they like or dislike, approve or, disapprove, of what is said to them: and thus Job knew the thoughts of his friends, that they were different from his, that the sentiments of their minds did not agree with his; and though he had so clearly proved his point, yet he saw by their looks and gestures that what he had said was not satisfactory to them; that they did not think it a sufficient confutation of their arguments, and a full answer to their objections:
and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me; that he was an hypocrite, a wicked man, guilty of crimes, and which they were devising to produce against him, and charge and load him with, as Eliphaz does in the following chapter; he knew they meant him in all that they had said concerning wicked men, and their afflictions, and what would be their portion at death, and after it; and though they did not name his name, they might as well have done it, since he was the man they struck at in all, particularly it, Job 20:5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, I know your thoughts - That is, “I see that you are not satisfied, and that you are disposed still to maintain your former position. You will be ready to ask, Where “are” the proofs of the prosperity of the wicked? Where “are” the palaces of the mighty? Where “are” the dwelling places of ungodly men!”
And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me - The course of sophistical argument which you pursue, the tendency and design of which is to prove that I am a wicked man. You artfully lay down the position, that the wicked must be, and are in fact, overwhelmed with calamities, and then you infer, that because “I” am overwhelmed in this manner, I “must be” a wicked man.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 21:27. I know your thoughts — Ye still think that, because I am grievously afflicted, I must therefore be a felonious transgressor.
