Job 27:12 “Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up…”

Job 27:12

Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

World English Bible

Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

American Standard Version

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?

Darby Translation

Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?

Bible in Basic English

Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?

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Cross references

“ye yourselves”

Job 21:28–30 Ecclesiastes 8:14 Ecclesiastes 9:1–3

Job 21:28–30 · BSB

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

Ecclesiastes 8:14 · BSB

There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is fu…

Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 · BSB

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

“altogether”

Job 16:3 Job 21:3 Job 6:25–29 Job 13:4–9 Job 17:2 Job 26:2–4

Job 16:3 · BSB

Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

Job 21:3 · BSB

Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

Job 6:25–29 · BSB

How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

Job 13:4–9 · BSB

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

Job 17:2 · BSB

Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Job 26:2–4 · BSB

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

13This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

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