Job 27:12

Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.

13This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.

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Cross References

Job 6:25But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.

Job 16:3What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?

Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.

Job 21:28so that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly?

Ecclesiastes 8:14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly; and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity.

Matthew Henry on Job 27:12-23

Heritage of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall… Read the whole commentary →

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