Job 27:23
What does Job 27:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 27:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Context
v.22ForGodshall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.
- Esther 9:22
as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
- 1 Kings 9:8
And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?
- Job 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
- Lamentations 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Jeremiah 19:8
And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
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