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The Wicked Man’s Portion

Job 27:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
KJV
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
WEB
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
ASV
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?
LSV
Behold, you—all of you—have seen, || And why [is] this—you are altogether vain?
YLT
Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
DBY
Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?
DRC
Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?
GNV
Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?
JPS
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
LXXE
Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֵן־אַתֶּ֣ם כֻּלְּכֶ֣ם חֲזִיתֶ֑ם וְלָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ἰδοὺ πάντες οἴδατε, ὅτι κενὰ κενοῖς ἐπιβάλλετε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 21:3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
  • Job 19:2–3“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
  • Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
  • Job 21:28–30For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’ Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports? Indeed, the evil man is spared from…
  • Job 26:2–4“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
  • 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…
  • Job 13:4–9You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians. If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom! Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips. Will you speak wickedly on God’s…
  • Ecclesiastes 9:1–3So 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. It is the same for all: There is a common…
  • Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
  • Job 6:25–29How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove? Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair? You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend. But now,…

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