Devine Scripture

Job 6:27

Job chapter 6 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yea, ye would castlotsupon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yea, ye would castlotsupon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

Context

v.26Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

v.27This passage

v.28Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 7:15

    He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

  • Job 31:17

    Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

  • Psalms 57:6

    They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah

  • Job 24:9

    There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

  • Jeremiah 18:22

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Job 31:21

    If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate: