Job 27:12

Behold, all ye yourselves (h) have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether (i) vain?

(h) That is, these secret judgments of God and yet do not understand them.

(i) Why do you then maintain this error?

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¹² Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

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Job 27:12