Job 27:12
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
In Context
11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Cross References
Job 6:25How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?
Job 16:3Shall windy words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
Job 21:28For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
Ecclesiastes 8:14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous — I said that this also is 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 →