Job 27:7
What does Job 27:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 27:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 4:19
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken dumb for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine adversaries.
- 2 Samuel 18:32
And the king said unto the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
- 1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
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