Job 27:23

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.”

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BSBPD

“It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 27:23 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 9:8And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
  2. Esther 9:22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
  3. Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
  4. Proverbs 11:10When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
  5. Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
  6. Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
  7. Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
  8. Nahum 3:19There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
  9. Zephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
  10. Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

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