Devine Scripture

Job 27:7

Job chapter 27 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

Context

v.6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproachmeso long as I live.

v.7This passage

v.8For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

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.