Job 21:27

NET ©

“Yes, I know what you are thinking, 1  the schemes 2  by which you would wrong me. 3 

NIV ©

"I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

NASB ©

"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.

NLT ©

"Look, I know your thoughts. I know the schemes you plot against me.

MSG ©

"I'm not deceived. I know what you're up to, the plans you're cooking up to bring me down.

BBE ©

See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

NRSV ©

"Oh, I know your thoughts, and your schemes to wrong me.

NKJV ©

"Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.

KJV
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your thoughts
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and the devices
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[which] ye wrongfully imagine
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against me.
HEBREW
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Nh (21:27)
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CONJ
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CONJ
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N-DSF
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NET © [draft] ITL
“Yes
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, I know
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what you are thinking
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, the schemes
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me.
NET © Notes

1 tn The word is “your thoughts.” The word for “thoughts” (from חָצַב [khatsav, “to think; to reckon; to plan”]) has more to do with their intent than their general thoughts. He knows that when they talked about the fate of the wicked they really were talking about him.

2 tn For the meaning of this word, and its root זָמַם (zamam), see Job 17:11. It usually means the “plans” or “schemes” that are concocted against someone.

3 tn E. Dhorme (Job, 321) distinguishes the verb חָמַס (khamas) from the noun for “violence.” He proposes a meaning of “think, imagine”: “and the ideas you imagined about me.”