Job 33:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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

Job 33:27

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