King James Version

Job 27:12

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

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הֵןhenifהֵןparticle, demonstrative — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.אַתֶּ֣םatemtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.כֻּלְּכֶ֣םkulkhemallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).חֲזִיתֶ֑םchazitembeholdחָזָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “behold”, a completed actionH2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision ofbehold, look, prophesy, provide, see.וְלָמָּהvelamahand to howמָהconjunction, preposition, particle, interrogative — “and to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.זֶּ֝֗הzehthe one...the otherזֶהpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…הֶ֣בֶלhevelvanityהֶבֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “vanity”, the ordinary formH1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.תֶּהְבָּֽלוּtehbalvbe vainהָבַלverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be vain”, an unfinished actionH1891to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astraybe (become, make) vain.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?

World English Bible

Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

Darby Translation

Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?

Douay-Rheims

Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ πάντες οἴδατε, ὅτι κενὰ κενοῖς ἐπιβάλλετε.