Job 27:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

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 does not reproach me for any of my days.

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

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

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, who was called 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.