Job 33:27

27 And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.

Job 33:27 in Other Translations

27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

27 He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.

27 He will declare to his friends, ‘I sinned and twisted the truth, but it was not worth it.

27 You'll sing God's praises to everyone you meet, testifying, 'I messed up my life - and let me tell you, it wasn't worth it.

27 He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

27 Each one sings in front of other people and says, 'I sinned and did wrong instead of what was right, and it did me no good.

27 He will look at men and say, "I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

27 Then the person comes to others and says, 'I sinned. I made what was wrong appear to be right. But I wasn't punished as I should have been.

Job 33:27 Meaning and Commentary

Job 33:27

He looketh upon men
According to our version, and other interpreters, the sense is, God looks upon men as he does on all men in general, their ways and their works; and particularly he takes notice of men under affliction, and observes how they behave; if they are penitent and confess their sins, he restores them to health, and does them good both in body and soul. But most carry the sense another way, and interpret it of the sick man recovered, who looks upon his friends and relations about him, and any others that come within his reach; of he goes about them, as Aben Ezra explains the word; or will accompany with men, as Mr. Broughton; or sets them in rows, as Gersom, in order, as at a levee, that he may the better address them; or he shall direct himself to them, as the Targum; or shall sing over them or before them, so Schultens ^F20; in a joyful manner, in an exulting strain, express himself, as follows; for the phrase,

and [if any] say
^F21, should be rendered, "and he shall say"; make the following confession of his acknowledgment of the goodness of God unto him;

I have sinned;
against God and man, and that has been the cause of all my afflictions; I am now sensible of it, and ingenuously own it:

and perverted [that which was] right:
have not done that which is right in the sight of God, nor what is just and right between man and man; have perverted the right ways of God, swerved from his commandments, and gone into crooked paths, with the workers of iniquity; and declined from, or perverted, justice and judgment among men;

and it profiteth me not;
as sin does not in the issue; though it promises profit and advantage, it does not yield it; but, on the contrary, much harm and mischief come by it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (le rvy) "cantabit super vel coram", Schultens.
F21 (roayw) "et dicat", V. L. Beza, Montanus, Mercerus, Michaelis, Schultens.

Job 33:27 In-Context

25 let their flesh be renewed like a child’s; let them be restored as in the days of their youth’—

26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God’s face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being.

27 And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.

28 God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’

29 “God does all these things to a person— twice, even three times—

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 22:34; 2 Samuel 12:13
• 2. Luke 15:21
• 3. S Ezra 9:13; Psalms 22:27; Psalms 51:13; Romans 6:21; James 2:13