Job 33:27

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

Update Bible Version
He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn't profit me:

New Century Version
Then he will say to others, ‘I sinned and twisted what was right, but I did not receive the punishment I should have received.

New English Translation
That person sings to others, saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

Webster's Bible Translation
He looketh upon men, and [if any] shall say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;

World English Bible
He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn't profit me.

Amplified Bible
"He sings out to other men, 'I have sinned and perverted that which was right, And it was not proper for me!

English Standard Version
He sings before men and says: ‘I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He schal biholde men, and he schal seie, Y haue synned, and verili Y haue trespassid; and Y haue not resseyued, as Y was worthi.

Berean Standard Bible
Then he will sing before men with these words: 'I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Contemporary English Version
When that happens, we tell everyone, "I sinned and did wrong, but God forgave me

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

Bible in Basic English
He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

Complete Jewish Bible
He declares before everyone, ‘I sinned; I perverted what was right, and it gained me nothing.

Darby Translation
He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

Easy-to-Read Version
He will tell everyone, ‘I sinned. I changed good into bad, but God didn't give me the punishment I deserved!

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He cometh before men, and saith: 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.'

King James Version (1611)
He looketh vpon men, and if any say, I haue sinned, and peruerted that which was right, and it profited mee not:

New Life Bible
He will sing to men and say, ‘I have sinned and have not done what is right, but He did not punish me.

New Revised Standard
That person sings to others and says, ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,

George Lamsa Translation
Then the uprightness will bear witness concerning the man; and he shall say, I have truly sinned and I am at fault; and it profiteth me not;

Good News Translation
Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.

Revised Standard Version
and he sings before men, and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
A respect hath he vnto men, let man then say, I haue offended, I did vnrighteously, & it hath done me no good:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.

Christian Standard Bible®
He will look at men and say,“I have sinned and perverted what was right;yet I did not get what I deserved.

Hebrew Names Version
He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn't profit me.

Lexham English Bible
"He will sing to men, and he will say, ‘I have sinned and have perverted what is right, and it was not paid back to me.

Literal Translation
He will observe to men and say, I have sinned, and I have perverted uprightness; and it was not equally repaid to me;

Young's Literal Translation
He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Soch a respecte hath he vnto me. Therfore let a man cofesse, (& saye:) I offended, but he hath chastened & refourmed me: I dyd vnrightuously, neuerthelesse he hath not recopensed me therafter.

New American Standard Bible
"He will sing to people and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.

New King James Version
Then he looks at men and says, "I have sinned, and perverted what was right, And it did not profit me.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He will sing to men and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.

Legacy Standard Bible
He will sing to men and say,‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,But He has not done what is due to me.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: ²⁰ So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. ²¹ His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. ²² Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. ²³ If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: ²⁴ Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. ²⁵ His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: ²⁶ He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. ²⁷ He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; ²⁸ He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

looketh: etc. or, shall look upon men, and say

I: Job 7:20, Numbers 12:11, 2 Samuel 12:13, Proverbs 28:13, Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 31:18, Jeremiah 31:19, Luke 15:18-22, Luke 18:13, 1 John 1:8-10

I have sinned: etc. Genesis 16:13, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 14:2, Psalms 139:1-4, Proverbs 5:21, Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 23:24

perverted: Ecclesiastes 5:8

right: Psalms 19:7, Psalms 19:8, Psalms 119:128, Romans 7:12-14, Romans 7:16, Romans 7:22

it profited: Job 34:9, Jeremiah 2:8, Matthew 16:26, Romans 6:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:12 - God Genesis 42:21 - they said Genesis 50:17 - they did Exodus 2:25 - looked Leviticus 5:5 - confess Leviticus 26:40 - confess Numbers 5:7 - confess Joshua 7:20 - Indeed Judges 10:15 - We have sinned 1 Samuel 7:6 - We have sinned 2 Samuel 24:10 - I have sinned 1 Kings 8:47 - done perversely 2 Kings 18:3 - right in the sight 2 Chronicles 6:37 - We have sinned 2 Chronicles 12:6 - the Lord Nehemiah 9:33 - but we Job 34:31 - General Psalms 32:5 - acknowledged Psalms 38:18 - For Psalms 51:3 - For I Jeremiah 3:21 - for they have Jeremiah 8:6 - hearkened Jeremiah 14:20 - for Jeremiah 24:6 - For I will Lamentations 1:20 - for Lamentations 3:42 - transgressed Ezekiel 18:23 - not that Hosea 5:15 - till Hosea 14:8 - I have Jonah 3:10 - God saw Matthew 3:6 - confessing Luke 15:20 - But Luke 22:61 - looked Luke 23:43 - To day Acts 19:18 - confessed Romans 2:4 - goodness Romans 10:3 - submitted 2 Corinthians 7:10 - repentance Ephesians 6:1 - for 1 John 1:9 - we confess

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 t; in a joyful manner, in an exulting strain, express himself, as follows; for the phrase,

and [if any] say u, 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.

t ישר על "cantabit super vel coram", Schultens. u ויאסר "et dicat", V. L. Beza, Montanus, Mercerus, Michaelis, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He looketh upon men - Margin, “or, he shall look upon men, and say, I have sinned.” Umbreit renders this, Nun singt er jubelnd zu den Menschen - “now he sings joyfully among men.” So Noyes, “He shall sing among men, and say.” Prof. Lee “He shall fully consider or pronounce right to men, so that one shall say, I have sinned.” Coverdale, “Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess and say, I have offended.” The Septuagint renders it, Εἷτα τὸτε άπιμέμψεται ἄνθρωπος άυτος ἑαυτῳ Eita tote apomempsetai anthrōpos autos heautō, “then shall a man blame himself,” etc. These various renderings arise from the difference of signification attached to the Hebrew word ישׁר yāshor. According to our interpretation, it is derived from שׁיר shı̂yr, “to sing,” and then the meaning would be, “he sings before men,” and thus the reference would be to the sufferer, meaning that he would have occasion to rejoice among men. See Gesenius on the word. According to the other view, the word is derived from שׁור shûr, “to look round”; “to care for, or regard”; and according to this, the reference is to God, meaning that he carefully and attentively observes people in such circumstances, and, if he sees evidence that there is true penitence, he has compassion and saves. This idea certainly accords better with the scope of the passage than the former, and it seems to me is to be regarded as correct.

And if any say, I have sinned - Hebrew “And says,” that is, if the sufferer, under the pressure of his afflictions, is willing to confess his faults, then God is ready to show him mercy. This accords with what Elihu purposed to state of the design of afflictions, that they were intended to bring people to reflection, and to be a means of wholesome discipline. There is no doubt that he meant that all this should be understood by Job as applicable to himself, for he manifestly means to be understood as saying that he had not seen in him the evidence of a penitent mind, such as he supposed afflictions were designed to produce.

And perverted that which was right - That is, in regard to operations and views of the divine government. He had held error, or had cherished wrong apprehensions of the divine character. Or it may mean, that he had dealt unjustly with people in his contact with them.

And it profited me not - The word used here (שׁוה shâvâh) means properly to be even or level; then to be equal, or of like value; and here may mean, that he now saw that it was no advantage to him to have done wickedly, since it brought upon him such a punishment, or the benefit which he received from his life of wickedness was no equivalent for the pain which he had been called to suffer in consequence of it. This is the common interpretation. Rosenmuller, however, suggests another, which is, that he designs by this language to express his sense of the divine mercy, and that it means “my afflictions are in no sense equal to my deserts. I have not been punished as I might justly have been, for God has interposed to spare me.” It seems to me, however, that the former interpretation accords best with the meaning of the words and the scope of the passage. It would then be the reflection of a man on the bed of suffering, that the course of life which brought him there had been attended with no advantage, but had been the means of plunging him into deserved sorrows. from which he could be rescued only by the grace of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 33:27. He looketh upon men — אנשים anashim, wretched, fallen men. He shines into them, to convince them of sin; and if any, under this convincing light of God, say, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and perverted the right - abused the powers, faculties, mercies, and advantages, which thou didst give me, by seeking rest and happiness in the creature, and it profited me not - it was all vanity and vexation of spirit; ולא שוה לי velo shavah li, "and it was not equal to me," did not come up to my expectation, nor supply my wants: -