Job 27:12
New King James Version
12 Surely all of you have seen it;
Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
New King James Version
Death Comes to All
9 For I [a]considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: (A)that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them. 2 (B)All things come alike to all:
One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the [b]good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:1 Lit. put
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 LXX, Syr., Vg. good and bad,
Ecclesiastes 8:14
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14 There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it (A)happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the (B)righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
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Job 26:2-4
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2 “How have you helped him who is without power?
How have you saved the arm that has no strength?
3 How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
And how have you declared sound advice to many?
4 To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit came from you?
Job 21:28-30
New King James Version
28 For you say,
‘Where is the house of the prince?
And where is [a]the tent,
The dwelling place of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked those who travel the road?
And do you not know their signs?
30 (A)For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
Footnotes
- Job 21:28 Vg. omits the tent
Job 21:3
New King James Version
3 Bear with me that I may speak,
And after I have spoken, keep (A)mocking.
Job 19:2-3
New King James Version
2 “How long will you torment my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times you have [a]reproached me;
You are not ashamed that you [b]have wronged me.
Job 17:2
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Footnotes
- Job 17:2 Lit. lodge
Job 16:3
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3 Shall [a]words of wind have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
Footnotes
- Job 16:3 Empty words
Job 13:4-9
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4 But you forgers of lies,
(A)You are all worthless physicians.
5 Oh, that you would be silent,
And (B)it would be your wisdom!
6 Now hear my reasoning,
And heed the pleadings of my lips.
7 (C)Will you speak [a]wickedly for God,
And talk deceitfully for Him?
8 Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
9 Will it be well when He searches you out?
Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
Footnotes
- Job 13:7 unrighteously
Job 6:25-29
New King James Version
25 How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?
26 Do you intend to rebuke my words,
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you (A)undermine your friend.
28 Now therefore, be pleased to look at me;
For I would never lie to your face.
29 (B)Yield now, let there be no injustice!
Yes, concede, my (C)righteousness [a]still stands!
Footnotes
- Job 6:29 Lit. is in it
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