Job 27 · Verse 7

Job 27:7

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Job 27:7, King James Version

Job 27:7 in other translations

BSBMay my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
WEB“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
ASVLet mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
YLTAs the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
DARBYLet mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
BBELet my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.
WebsterLet my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

What does Job 27:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Let ... be--Let mine enemy be accounted as wicked, that is, He who opposes my asseveration of innocence must be regarded as actuated by criminal hostility. Not a curse on his enemies.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked - Let my accuser be proved a lying and perjured man, because he has laid to my charge things which he cannot prove, and which are utterly false.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 27:7-10
Job looked upon the condition of a hypocrite and a wicked man, to be most miserable. If they gained through life by their profession, and kept up their presumptuous hope till death, what would that avail when God required their souls? The more comfort we find in our religion, the more closely we shall cleave to it. Those who have no delight in God, are easily drawn away by the pleasures, and easily overcome by the crosses of this life. (Job 27:11-23)

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 27:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהִ֣יye.Himay he beH1961
כְ֭רָשָׁעKhe.ra.sho'like a wicked [person]H7563
אֹ֣יְבִ֑י'o.ye.Vienemy myH341
וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥יu.mit.ko.Miand [one who] raises himself against meH6965
כְעַוָּֽל\׃khe.'a.Vallike an evil-doerH5767

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 27:7

  • Daniel 4:19

    Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

  • 2 Samuel 18:32

    And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

  • 1 Samuel 25:26

    Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 25:26; 2Sa 18:32; Da 4:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 27:6

    My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

  • Job 27:7

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

  • Job 27:8

    For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

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Job 27:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sea como el impío mi enemigo, y como el inicuo mi adversario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que mon ennemi soit comme le méchant, et celui qui s’élève contre moi comme l’inique!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mein Feind sei wie der Gesetzlose, und der wider mich auftritt wie der Ungerechte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sit ut impius, inimicus meus, et adversarius meus quasi iniquus.