Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
New American Standard Bible
Hear it, and know for yourself.”
King James Version
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Holman Bible
Hear it and understand it for yourself.
International Standard Version
"Look! We have thought all this through, and what we've said is true; So please listen and learn for your own good!"
American Standard Version
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Amplified
“Behold this; we have investigated it, and it is true.
Hear and heed it, and know for yourself [for your own good].”
Bible in Basic English
See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.
Darby Translation
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold this, we searched it out, so it is: hear it, and know thou for thyself.
King James 2000
Lo this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Look, we have searched this out--it [is] true; hear it and know [it] {yourself}."
Modern King James verseion
Behold this: we have searched it; it is so. Hear it and know for yourself.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lo, this we ourselves have proved by experience, and even this it is. Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heed to thyself."
NET Bible
Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good."
New Heart English Bible
Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! as for this, we have searched it out - so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
Webster
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
World English Bible
Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it is right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessing Comes When God Corrects You
26 Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season. 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 111:2
The works of LORD are great, sought out by all those who have pleasure in it.
Deuteronomy 10:13
to keep the commandments of LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Job 8:8-10
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
Job 12:2
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 15:9-10
What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, which is not in us?
Job 15:17
I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,
Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Job 32:11-12
Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, while ye searched out what to say.
Proverbs 2:3-5
yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding,
Proverbs 9:12
If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.