Cross References

Job 5:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

See, we have searched this out; it is true. Hear, and know it for yourself.”

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“No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

“Look, my eye has seen all this; my ear has heard and understood it.

“I will show you; listen to me; what I have seen I will declare—

“Can a mortal be of use to God? Can even the wisest be of service to him?

You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.

Then Job answered:

Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

and to keep the commandments of the Lord and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being.