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Zophar Rebukes Job

Job 11:11

In 11 translations

BSB
Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
KJV
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
WEB
For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
ASV
For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.
LSV
For He has known men of vanity, || And He sees iniquity, || And one does not consider [it]!
YLT
For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
DBY
For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
DRC
For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?
GNV
For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
JPS
For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
LXXE
For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook it.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּי־ה֭וּא יָדַ֣ע מְתֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וַיַּרְא־אָ֝֗וֶן וְלֹ֣א יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃
LXX-Br
Αὐτὸς γὰρ οἶδεν ἔργα ἀνόμων, ἰδὼν δὲ ἄτοπα οὐ παρόψεται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  • Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
  • Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
  • John 2:24–25But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
  • Job 34:21–23For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step. There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide. For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
  • Job 22:13–14Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
  • Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
  • Hosea 7:2But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
  • Psalms 94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
  • Jeremiah 17:9–10The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
  • Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
  • Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  • Psalms 35:22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.

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