Job 27:12

Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity. 1

Updated 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: 1 I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty. 1

13This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, 1 And the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty. 1

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Cross References

Job 6:25But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, 1 Because I do not ask strength of you. 1

Job 16:3What! is there any reason in vain words? 1 Or what will hinder thee from answering? 1

Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, 1 And destroy me with words? 1 Only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus. 1

Job 21:28So that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? 1 And where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly? 1

Ecclesiastes 8:14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; 1 That there are righteous persons to whom it happens 1 According to the doing of the ungodly; 1 And there are ungodly men, to whom it happens 1 According to the doing of the just: 1 I said, This is also vanity. 1

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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