Job 27:12
King James Version
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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Job 27:12
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12 You have all seen this yourselves.
Why then this meaningless talk?
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
King James Version
9 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
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Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
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A Common Destiny for All
9 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.(A) 2 All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.
As it is with the good,
so with the sinful;
as it is with those who take oaths,
so with those who are afraid to take them.(B)
3 This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(C) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(D) and afterward they join the dead.(E)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint (Aquila), Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew does not have and the bad.
Ecclesiastes 8:14
King James Version
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 8:14
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14 There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve.(A) This too, I say, is meaningless.(B)
Job 26:2-4
King James Version
2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
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Job 26:2-4
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Job 21:28-30
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28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
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Job 21:28-30
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Footnotes
- Job 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to
Job 21:3
King James Version
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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Job 21:3
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3 Bear with me while I speak,
and after I have spoken, mock on.(A)
Job 19:2-3
King James Version
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
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Job 19:2-3
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Job 17:2
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2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
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Job 17:2
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Job 16:3
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3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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Job 16:3
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Job 13:4-9
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4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
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Job 13:4-9
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4 You, however, smear me with lies;(A)
you are worthless physicians,(B) all of you!(C)
5 If only you would be altogether silent!(D)
For you, that would be wisdom.(E)
6 Hear now my argument;
listen to the pleas of my lips.(F)
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf?
Will you speak deceitfully for him?(G)
8 Will you show him partiality?(H)
Will you argue the case for God?
9 Would it turn out well if he examined you?(I)
Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?(J)
Job 6:25-29
King James Version
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
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Job 6:25-29
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