Job 27:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“May my enemy be like the wicked, and may my opponent be like the unrighteous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

American Standard Version (1901)

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

Common English Bible

Let my enemy be like the wicked, my opposition like the vicious.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Let my enemy be as the ungodly: and my adversary as the wicked one.

Job 27:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:32

The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to do you harm be like that young man.”

Job 27:6

I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives?

Job 31:35

O that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was severely distressed for a while. His thoughts terrified him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or the interpretation terrify you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies!

1 Samuel 25:26

“Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, since the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be like Nabal.