Though this temple is now exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff. They will say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’
Job 27:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised It claps its hands at him and scoffs at him from its place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [God causes] men to clap their hands at him [in malignant joy] and hiss him out of his place. American Standard Version (1901) Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. Common English Bible It claps its hands over them, hisses at them from their place. Catholic Public Domain Version He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place. |
Though this temple is now exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff. They will say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’
He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.
He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he scornfully claps in our presence, while multiplying his words against God.
He will never return to his house; his home town will no longer remember him.
When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices; when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.
I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and scoff because of all its wounds.
All who pass by scornfully clap their hands at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?
‘ “For this is what the Lord God says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced over the land of Israel with wholehearted contempt,
The statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house have been observed; you have followed their policies. Therefore, I will make you a desolate place and the city’s residents an object of contempt; , you will bear the scorn of my people.’ ,
There is no remedy for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news about you will clap their hands because of you, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
This is the jubilant city that lives in security, that says to herself: I exist, and there is no one else. What a desolation she has become, a place for wild animals to lie down! Everyone who passes by her scoffs and shakes his fist.
Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced on her the judgement she passed on you!