Job 27:12
Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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.
Cross References
Job 6:25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Ecclesiastes 8:14There 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 futile.
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 →