Job 27:12

Modern

Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

Traditional

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

Literal

Behold, you—all of you—you have seen this; why then do you vainly utter this vanity?

Latin

Ecce vos omnes nostis: et quid sine causa vana loquimini?

Hebrew

English

Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

Some interpreters think this is a new speech by Zophar. Without it, Zophar has no speech in this cycle.

Job 19:2–3
“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
Job 16:3
Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Job 21:3
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Ecclesiastes 8:14
There 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 futile.
Job 6:25–29
How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
Job 21:28–30
For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Job 17:2
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Job 13:4–9
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Job 26:2–4
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
Ecclesiastes 9:1–3
So 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.