Job 21:27

“Behold, I know your thoughts, etc.] God only truly, really, and in fact, knows the thoughts of men; this is his peculiar prerogative, he only is the searcher of the hearts and the trier of the reins of the children of men. Christ, the eternal Logos, or Word, by his being a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, appears to be truly God. No man knows the things of a than, or the thoughts of his heart, but himself, and such to whomsoever he reveals them; but a wise and understanding man, a careful observer of men and things, may make some shrewd guesses at the thoughts of others, by hints and half words, or sentences expressed by them; by the show of their countenance, which is the…”

“Their wrongful thoughts against Job are stated by him in Job 21:28. They do not honestly name Job, but insinuate his guilt.”

“Behold, I know your thoughts - That is, “I see that you are not satisfied, and that you are disposed still to maintain your former position. You will be ready to ask, Where “are” the proofs of the prosperity of the wicked? Where “are” the palaces of the mighty? Where “are” the dwelling places of ungodly men!” And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me - The course of sophistical argument which you pursue, the tendency and design of which is to prove that I am a wicked man. You artfully lay down the position, that the wicked must be, and are in fact, overwhelmed with calamities, and then you infer, that because “I” am overwhelmed in this manner, I “must be” a wicked man. return to…”

“Me - I know that your discourses, though they be of wicked, men in general, yet are particularly levelled at me. Job 21:29”

“I know: Job 4:8-11, Job 5:3-5, Job 8:3-6, 15:20-35, Job 20:5, Job 20:29; Luk 5:22 ye wrongfully: Job 32:3, Job 42:7; Psa 59:4, Psa 119:86; Pe1 2:19 Job 21:28”

“27 Behold I know your thoughts And the stratagems, with which ye overpower me! 28 When ye say: Where is the house of the tyrant, And where the pavilions of the wicked - : 29 Have ye not asked those who travel, Their memorable things ye could surely not disown: 30 That the wicked was spared in the day of calamity, In the day of the outburst of wrath they were led away. 31 Who liketh to declare to him his way to his face? And hath he done aught, who will recompense it to him? Their thoughts which he sees through, are their secret thoughts that he is such an evil-doer reaping the reward of his deeds. מזמּות (which occurs both of right measures, good wise designs, Pro 5:2; Pro 8:12, and of…”