Job 27:12
Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
In Context
11I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.
Cross References
Job 6:25How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?
Job 16:3Is there to be an end to windy words? Or what so strongly exciteth thee, that thou must respond?
Job 19:2How long will ye grieve my soul? or crush me with words?
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? And where the dwelling-tent of the lawless?
Ecclesiastes 8:14Here was a vain thing which was done upon the earth—that there were righteous men unto whom it happened according to the work of the lawless, and there were lawless men, unto whom it happened according to the work of the righteous,—I said, that, even this, was 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 →