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Look,הֵןall of youאַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶםhave seen it;חֲזִיתֶםwhy,וְלָמָּהthen,זֶּהdo you become vainתֶּהְבָּלוּwith a vain thing?הֶבֶל
Job 27:12
Study it in the app“Look, all of you have seen it; why, then, do you become vain with a vain thing?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 27:12, word by word
- have seen itחֲזִיתֶםchazitem
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “chazitem” appears- do you become vainתֶּהְבָּלוּtehbalu
become vain
To become vain, to become empty; it comes from the word "vapor, breath." Said of one who puts his trust in what is nothing and ends up like it (2 Kings 17:15; Jeremiah 2:5), and also of speaking or hoping in vain (Job 27:12; Psalm 62:10).
Where else “tehbalu” appears- with a vain thingהֶבֶלhevel
vain
With no result or gain, like someone toiling for nothing.
Where else “hevel” appears
Translation note
“A vain thing”: literally “vapor,” the word of 7:16.
The context
11I will teach you about the hand of El; what is with Shaddai I will not hide.
12 · This verse (above)
13This is the portion of a wicked human being with El, and the inheritance that tyrants receive from Shaddai: