Job 27:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 27:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 27:23 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 27:23 — KJV
“Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.”
— Job 27:23 (KJV)
Job 27:23 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 27:23
“All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? by: Heb. by the way”
Shares key themes with Job 27:23: men, clap, hands
“Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.”
Shares key themes with Job 27:23: men, hands, place
“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.”
Shares key themes with Job 27:23: men, hiss, place
“And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:”
Shares key themes with Job 27:23: men, place
“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”
Shares key themes with Job 27:23: men, place
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