Job 6:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.”
Job 6:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 6:27 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 6:27 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 6:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.”
Job 6:27 — World English Bible
Job 6:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Yea, ye would castlotsupon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. ”
Job 6:27 — American Standard Version
Job 6:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.”
Job 6:27 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 6:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend. ”
Job 6:27 — Darby Translation
Job 6:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.”
Job 6:27 — Geneva Bible
Job 6:27 in Context — Job 6
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
What Does Job 6:27 Mean?
Job 6:27 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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