Job 5:27

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

Cross-references

In Job 8:8-10, Bildad also appeals to the wisdom of past generations — the same method Eliphaz uses here to assert his advice.

Job 15:9 Parallel

In Job 15:9, Eliphaz again asserts superiority: 'What knowest thou that we know not?' — reinforcing the same claim to exclusive wisdom.

Job 6:24 Parallel

In Job 6:24, Job directly responds by asking to be taught — challenging Eliphaz's confident claim in 5:27 that he has already searched it.

Job 12:2 Contrast

In Job 12:2, Job sarcastically dismisses Eliphaz's claim to have searched out truth — 'wisdom will die with you' — directly contrasting the confident assertion here.

Job 13:1 Parallel

In Job 13:1, Job claims he too has seen and understood — directly countering Eliphaz's assertion that 'we have searched it'.

Job 32:12 Contrast

In Job 32:12, Elihu says none of them convinced Job — directly contradicting Eliphaz's claim to have found the truth that Job should accept.

Job 15:10 Parallel

In Job 15:10, Eliphaz appeals to aged authorities to back his claim that 'we have searched out' truth — strengthening his earlier boast.

Job 32:11 Allusion

In Job 32:11, Elihu refers to the friends' searching out arguments — acknowledging their efforts while preparing to surpass them.

Job 15:17 Parallel

In Job 15:17, Eliphaz again calls for attention and declares what he has seen — echoing the same authoritative 'hear and know' pattern.

In Proverbs 2:3-5, searching for wisdom leads to knowing God — a positive ideal; Eliphaz prematurely claims to have already achieved such knowledge.