King James Version
Job 21:27 in the King James Version says “Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.” — study this verse from Job chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.”
Job 21:27 · KJV
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? the dwelling: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold I know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“your thoughts”
H4284a contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
“and the devices”
H4209a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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