Job 27:12

Job 27:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
• New International Version (NIV)You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?

Context of Job 27:12

10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? 11I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty. Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk? 13This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty. 14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

Job 27:12 word by word

הֵן־אַתֶּ֣ם כֻּלְּכֶ֣ם חֲזִיתֶ֑ם וְלָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Surelyהֵןhên · look!H2005
• all of youכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• have seenחָזָהchâzâh · to seeH2372
• for yourselvesאַתֶּם'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.p.)H859
• Why thenמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• do you keep up thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• empty talkהֶ֫בֶלhebel hăbêl · vanityH1892
• empty talkהָבַלhâbal · to become vainH1891

Cross-references for Job 27:12

• Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
• 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.
• 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 26:2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

Commentaries on Job 27:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Ye yourselves have seen it - Your own experience and observation have shown you that the righteous are frequently in affliction, and the wicked in affluence. Why then are ye thus altogether vain? - The original is very emphatical: תהבלו הבל hebel tehbalu, and well expressed by Mr. Good: "Why then should ye thus babble babblings!" It our language would allow it, we might say vanitize vanity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it - You have had an opportunity of tracing the proofs of the wisdom of God in his works. Why then are ye thus altogether vain - Why is it that you maintain such opinions - that you evince no more knowledge of his government and plans - that you argue so inconclusively about him and his administration! Why, since you have had an opportunity of observing the course of events, do you maintain that suffering is necessarily…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-23Verses 11-23 Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their death would be dreadful. Job undertook to set this matter in a true light. Death to a godly man, is like a fair gale of wind to convey him to the heavenly country; but, to a wicked man, it is like a storm, that hurries him away to destruction. While he lived…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-23Some interpreters think this is a new speech by Zophar. Without it, Zophar has no speech in this cycle.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2311-23. These words are contrary to Job's previous sentiments (see on Job 21:22-33; Job 24:22-25). Job 21:22-33; 24:22-25). They therefore seem to be Job's statement, not so much of his own sentiments, as of what Zophar would have said had he spoken when his turn came (end of the twenty-sixth chapter). So Job stated the friends' opinion (Job 21:17-21; 24:18-21). The objection is, why, if so, does not Job answer Zophar's opinion, as stated by himself? The…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:12

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Deceit
• Heap
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings