Job 27:12
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 27 connects to 10 cross-references. Job solemnly vows to maintain his integrity and will not concede his righteousness to his friends as long as he breathes. He ironically repeats the friends' doctrine of the wicked man's fate — wealth that passes to the righteous, terror …
Other Translations
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?
Lo, ye--all of you--have seen, And why <FI>is<Fi> this--ye are altogether vain?
Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?
Cross References
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?