Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him."
New American Standard Bible
And will
King James Version
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Holman Bible
and scorns him from its place.
A Conservative Version
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
American Standard Version
Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
Amplified
“People will clap their hands at him [to mock and ridicule him]
And hiss him out of his place.
Bible in Basic English
Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.
Darby Translation
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Julia Smith Translation
It shall be clapped upon him with their hands, and it shall be hissed upon him from his place.
King James 2000
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.
Modern King James verseion
He shall clap His hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then clap men their hands at him, yea and jest of him, when they look upon his place.
NET Bible
It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.
New Heart English Bible
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
The Emphasized Bible
He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
Webster
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
World English Bible
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Youngs Literal Translation
It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 27:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Final Speech
22 It will toss him around without pity. He'll try to break free from its grip, 23 but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him."
Names
Cross References
Lamentations 2:15
Everyone who passes by on the road shake their fists at you. They hiss and shake their heads at cherished Jerusalem: "Is this the city men used to call "The Perfection of Beauty,' and "The Joy of the Entire Earth'"?
Zephaniah 2:15
This is that carefree city that lived irresponsibly, that told herself, "Me first!' and, "There will be no one else!' How ruined she has become a habitat for wild animals! Everyone who passes by her will sneer at her and make obscene gestures!"
1 Kings 9:8
"This Temple will become a pile of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be so astounded that they will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land and to this Temple?'
Esther 9:22-25
as the days on which the Jewish people enjoyed relief from their enemies. It was a month when things turned around for them, from sorrow to joy and from mourning to a holiday. They were to celebrate these days as days of feasting and joy, and they were to send presents to one another and gifts to the poor.
Job 18:18
He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.
Proverbs 11:10
The city rejoices when the righteous prosper, and when the wicked perish there is jubilation.
Jeremiah 19:8
I'll make this city into a desolate place and an object of scorn. All who pass by it will be astonished and will scoff because of all its wounds.
Micah 6:16
You keep Omri's statutes and observe the customs of the house of Ahab. Because you live according to their advice, I'll make you desolate and turn your inhabitants into an object of scorn. Therefore you will bear the shame of my people."
Revelation 18:20
Be happy about her, heaven, saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has condemned her for you!"