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Job 27:7 Cross-References
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“Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.”
Job 27:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 27:7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous (יְהִי כָרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקוֹמְמִי כְּעַוָּל). This imprecatory statement seems shocking until properly understood—Job isn't cursing his enemies to become wicked, but declaring that only the wicked would be his true enemies. The Hebrew construction equates his enemy (oyeb, אֹיֵב) with the wicked (rasha, רָשָׁע) and the unrighteous (avval, עַוָּל).Job essentially declares: 'If there is anyone who is truly my enemy, let him prove to be wicked'—meaning that no righteous person has cause to oppose Job, only th...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 27:7
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