King James Version
Job 27:12 in the King James Version says “Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?” — study this verse from Job chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?”
Job 27:12 · KJV
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. by: or, being in the hand, etc
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Behold all ye yourselves have seen”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“it why then are ye thus altogether”
H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
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