Job 27:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ [God causes] men to clap their hands at him [in malignant joy] and hiss him out of his place.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

Common English Bible

²³ It claps its hands over them, hisses at them from their place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.

Job 27:23 Cross References

1 Kings 9:8

And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone passing by it will be astonished, and will hiss; and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’

Job 18:18

He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.

Job 20:8

He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

Job 28:1

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

Job 34:37

For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”

Job 7:10

he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him any more.

Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.

Jeremiah 19:8

And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem; “Is this the city which was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

Ezekiel 25:6

For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within you against the land of Israel,

Micah 6:16

For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels; that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of the peoples.”

Nahum 3:19

There is no assuaging your hurt, your wound is grievous. All who hear the news of you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the exultant city that dwelt secure, that said to herself, “I am and there is none else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Every one who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”