Job 27:12

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

World English Bible Classic

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 about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.

13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

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Cross References

Job 6:25How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job 19:2“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’

Ecclesiastes 8:14There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens 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 →

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