Job 27:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lam 2:15 : 15 All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?
  • Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.
  • 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
  • Esth 9:22-25 : 22 As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor. 23 And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing; 24 Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off; 25 But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
  • Prov 11:10 : 10 When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.
  • Jer 19:8 : 8 And I will make this town a thing of wonder and a cause of surprise; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder and make sounds of surprise, because of all its troubles.

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    21The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

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    7I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

  • Job 18:16-18
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    16Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

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    6The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

  • Ps 2:4-5
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    4Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

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  • Lam 2:15
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    15All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

  • Ps 37:13
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    13He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

  • Matt 27:39
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    39And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

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    41All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

  • Hab 1:10
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    10He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.

  • Job 20:27
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    27The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

  • Luke 18:32
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    32For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:

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    26The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

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    16Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

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    30And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:

  • Job 8:22
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    22Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • Matt 27:44
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    44And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

  • Matt 27:29-30
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    29And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

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    17As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

  • Isa 22:18-19
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    18Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house!

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    8And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

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    15Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.

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    21But crying out they said, To the cross with him!

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    23Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?

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    40And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

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    19Your pain may not be made better; you are wounded to death: all those hearing the news about you will be waving their hands in joy over you: for who has not undergone the weight of your evil-doing again and again?

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    3And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.