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Job 21:27

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

KJV

Certe novi cogitationes vestras, et sententias contra me iniquas.

Vulgate

ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι,

LXX

Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.

ASV

הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֑ם וּ֝/מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥/י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָמְס֣וּ
chmsv
verb · 8×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
מְזִמּ֣וֹת
mzmvt
noun · 19×
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת
mchshbvt
noun · 56×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
  • Luke 5:22 — But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
  • Ps 119:86 — All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.