Job 21:27
New International Version
“I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

New Living Translation
“Look, I know what you’re thinking. I know the schemes you plot against me.

English Standard Version
“Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

King James Bible
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

New King James Version
“Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.

New American Standard Bible
“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots you devise against me.

NASB 1995
“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.

NASB 1977
“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you do violence against me.

Amplified Bible
“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me.

Christian Standard Bible
I know your thoughts very well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I know your thoughts very well, the schemes you would wrong me with.

American Standard Version
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Behold, I know your thoughts and the counsels that you are counseling about me

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:

Contemporary English Version
My friends, I know that you are plotting against me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.

English Revised Version
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"You see, I know your thoughts and the schemes you plot against me

Good News Translation
I know what spiteful thoughts you have.

International Standard Version
"Look! I know your thoughts, your plans are going to harm me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Literal Standard Version
Behold, I have known your thoughts, | And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.

Majority Standard Bible
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

New American Bible
See, I know your thoughts, and the arguments you plot against me.

NET Bible
"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

New Revised Standard Version
“Oh, I know your thoughts, and your schemes to wrong me.

New Heart English Bible
"Look, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

World English Bible
“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.

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Context
Job: God will Punish the Wicked
26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both. 27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me. 28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’…

Cross References
Job 21:26
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

Job 21:28
For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?'


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me.

I know

Job 4:8-11
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same…

Job 5:3-5
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation…

Job 8:3-6
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? …

ye wrongfully

Job 32:3
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Job 42:7
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Psalm 59:4
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

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Job 21
1. Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved
7. Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God
16. Sometimes their destruction is manifest
21. The happy and unhappy are alike in death
27. The judgment of the wicked is in another world














Verse 27. - Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices (or, surmisings) which ye wrongfully imagine against me. I know, i.e. what you think of me. I am quite aware that you regard me as having brought my afflictions upon myself by wicked deeds, which I have succeeded in keeping secret. You have not openly stated your surmises. but it has been easy for me to "read between the lines," and understand the true meaning of your insinuations, which are all wrongful and unjust.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Behold,
הֵ֣ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

I know
יָ֭דַעְתִּי (yā·ḏa‘·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3045: To know

your thoughts full well,
מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan

the schemes by which
וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת (ū·mə·zim·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4209: A plan, evil, sometimes good

you would wrong
תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃ (taḥ·mō·sū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2554: To treat violently or wrong

me.
עָלַ֥י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


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