New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 27:12
12Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you talk of nothing?
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
10Or will he take pleasure in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times? 11I will instruct you in the power of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal. Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you talk of nothing? 13“This is the portion of a wicked person from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty: 14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
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הֵן־אַתֶּ֣ם כֻּלְּכֶ֣ם חֲזִיתֶ֑ם וְלָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 27:12
- Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
- Ecclesiastes 8:14There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1For I have taken all this to my heart, even to examine it all, that righteous people, wise people, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits them.
- Job 6:25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
- Job 13:4But you smear me with lies; You are all worthless physicians.
- Job 16:3Is there no end to windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
- Job 17:2Mockers are certainly with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment me And crush me with words?
- Job 21:3Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock me.
- Job 26:2“What a help you are to the weak! You have saved the arm without strength!
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
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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
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