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Job 21

Job 21:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, I know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
your thoughts
machashabah (Hebrew #4284)
from 2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
KJV usage: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
Pronounce: makh-ash-aw-baw'
Origin: or machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}
, and the devices
mzimmah (Hebrew #4209)
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Pronounce: mez-im-maw'
Origin: from 2161
which ye wrongfully imagine
chamac (Hebrew #2554)
to be violent; by implication, to maltreat
KJV usage: make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.
Pronounce: khaw-mas'
Origin: a primitive root
against me.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I know.
Job 4:8‑11• 8So far as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,{HR}And they that sow trouble, reap the same.
9By the breath of God they perish,{HR}And by the blast of his nostrils they are consumed.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the dark lion,{HR}And the teeth of the young lion are broken;
11The strong lion perisheth for lack of prey,{HR}And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
(Job 4:8‑11)
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Job 5:3‑5• 3I have seen a fool taking root,{HR}And suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4His sons are far from help,{HR}And are crushed in the gate without deliverance;
5Whose harvest the hungry one devoureth,{HR}And taketh it off even out of a thorn-hedge,{HR}And the thirsty swalloweth up their wealth.
(Job 5:3‑5)
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Job 8:3‑6• 3Doth God pervert right,{HR}And the Almighty pervert justice?
4If thy children have sinned against him,{HR}And he hath cast them into the hand of their transgression;
5If thou seekest earnestly unto God,{HR}And makest supplication to the Almighty,
6If thou [wert] pure and upright,{HR}He would surely now wake up for thee,{HR}And restore the habitation of thy righteousness;
(Job 8:3‑6)
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Job 15:20‑35• 20All the days of the wicked he is in torment,{HR}And the number of years is laid up for the oppressor.
21The voice of terrors [is] in his ears;{HR}In peace the destroyer falleth on him.
22He despaireth of returning from the darkness,{HR}And he is marked out for the sword.
23He wandereth for bread: where [is it]?{HR}He knoweth that ready at his hand is a day of darkness.
24Trouble and anguish make him afraid,{HR}They overpower him, as a king ready for the onset.
25For against God he stretched out his hand,{HR}And against the Almighty played the hero,
26Ran against him with neck (proudly),{HR}With the thick bosses of his shields.
27For he covereth his face with his fatness,{HR}And gathereth fat on [his] loins:
28And he inhabiteth desolate cities,{HR}Houses that no man dwelleth in,{HR}Which are destined for heaps.
29He becometh not rich, and his wealth endureth not,{HR}Nor doth his substance extend in the earth.
30He escapeth not from darkness:{HR}A flame withereth his shoots,{HR}And he passeth away by the breath of his mouth.
31Let him not trust in vanity; he is deceived;{HR}For vanity shall be his recompense;
32Before his day it is fulfilled,{HR}And his branch is not green;
33He shaketh off like a vine his grapes,{HR}And casteth down like an olive his blossoms.
34For the company of the polluted [is] barrenness,{HR}And fire devoureth the tents of bribery;
35They conceive misery, and bring forth vanity,{HR}And their womb prepareth deceit.
(Job 15:20‑35)
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Job 20:5,29• 5From near [is] the triumphing of the wicked,{HR}And the joy of the ungodly for a moment.
29This [is] the portion of the wicked man from God [Elohim],{HR}And the heritage of his sentence from God [El].
(Job 20:5,29)
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Luke 5:22• 22But Jesus, knowing their reasonings, answering, said to them, Why reason ye in your hearts? (Luke 5:22)
ye wrongfully.
 He charges the friends (vers. 27-31). (Job 3-31 by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Lo! I know your thoughts,{HR}And the plots ye do violently against me.