Job 33:27
Good News Translation
Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.

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

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

New American Bible
He shall sing before all and say, “I sinned and did wrong, yet I was not punished accordingly.

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

looketh, etc.

Genesis 16:13 And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily, here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore thou hast done foolishly, and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee.

Psalm 11:4 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

Psalm 14:2 The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God.

Psalm 139:1-4 Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: . . .

Proverbs 5:21 His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.

Jeremiah 23:24 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

I

Job 7:20 I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee. and am I become burdensome to myself?

Numbers 12:11 He said to Moses: I beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly committed:

2 Samuel 12:13 And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.

Proverbs 28:13 He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.

Jeremiah 3:13 But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:18,19 Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God. . . .

Luke 15:18-22 I will arise and will go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee. . . .

Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. . . .

perverted

Ecclesiastes 5:8 If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:

right

Psalm 19:7,8 The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones. . . .

Psalm 119:128 Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.

Romans 7:12-14,16,22 Wherefore the law indeed is holy: and the commandment holy and just and good. . . .

it profited

Job 34:9 For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him.

Jeremiah 2:8 The priests did not say: Where is the Lord? and they that held the law knew me not, and the pastors transgressed against me: and the prophets prophesied in Baal, and followed idols.

Matthew 16:26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Romans 6:21 What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.

Context
Elihu Rebukes Job
26He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice. 27He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.28He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.…
Cross References
Luke 15:21
And the son said to him: Father: I have sinned against heaven and before thee I am not now worthy to be called thy son.

Romans 6:21
What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.

2 Samuel 12:13
And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.

Job 34:32
If I have erred, teach thou me: if I have spoken iniquity, I will add no more.

Job 33:26
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