Job 27:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?”
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“Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, ye--all of you--have seen, And why <FI>is<Fi> this--ye are altogether vain?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 27:12 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
- Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
- Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
- Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
- Job 21:3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
- Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
- Job 26:2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
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