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Job 27:12 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Job 27:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 27 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?”
Job 27:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 27:12
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it (הֵן־אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם)—the emphatic 'you yourselves' (attem kullekhem, אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם) stresses that Job's friends have witnessed the same realities he describes. The verb chazah (חָזָה) means to see, perceive, or behold—often used of prophetic vision. Why then are ye thus altogether vain? (וְלָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּלוּ)—hebel (הֶבֶל) means vapor, breath, vanity, or futility (the key word in Ecclesiastes).Job indicts his friends' interpretation despite shared observation—they've seen that the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer (counter t...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 27:12
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“and I also will speak; After I have spoken”
“Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?”
“what does it reprove?”
“Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?”
“that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again”
“'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'”
“But ye are forgers of lies”
“even to explore all this: that the righteous”