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.
In Job 15:9, Eliphaz again asserts superiority: 'What knowest thou that we know not?' — reinforcing the same claim to exclusive wisdom.
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.
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.
In Job 13:1, Job claims he too has seen and understood — directly countering Eliphaz's assertion that 'we have searched it'.
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.
In Job 15:10, Eliphaz appeals to aged authorities to back his claim that 'we have searched out' truth — strengthening his earlier boast.
In Job 32:11, Elihu refers to the friends' searching out arguments — acknowledging their efforts while preparing to surpass them.
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.