Parallel Verses
NET Bible
If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?
New American Standard Bible
Why then do you
King James Version
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Holman Bible
why do you keep up this empty talk?
International Standard Version
Look! All of you have been watching, so why have you become so completely worthless?
A Conservative Version
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it. Why then have ye become altogether vain?
American Standard Version
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?
Amplified
“Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you act vainly and foolishly [cherishing worthless concepts]?
Bible in Basic English
Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?
Darby Translation
Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; and why are ye thus altogether vain?
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, all ye yourselves saw; and wherefore this, will ye breathe out vanity?
King James 2000
Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, you all have seen, and {why in the world} {have you become altogether vain}?
Modern King James verseion
Behold, all you have seen it yourselves; why then do you become completely vain?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, ye stand in your own conceit, as though ye knew all things. Wherefore then do ye go about with such vain words,
New Heart English Bible
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
Webster
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
World English Bible
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, ye -- all of you -- have seen, And why is this -- ye are altogether vain?
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 27:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Final Speech
11 I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty's mind I will not conceal. 12 If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk? 13 This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.
Names
Cross References
Job 6:25-29
How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?
Job 13:4-9
But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!
Job 16:3
Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Job 17:2
Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
Job 19:2-3
"How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
Job 21:3
Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.
Job 21:28-30
For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?'
Job 26:2-4
"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength!
Ecclesiastes 8:14
Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also is an enigma."
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated -- no one knows what lies ahead.