Job 16:2 · KJV
“I have heard many such things: miserable comforters {are} ye all. {miserable: or, troublesome}”
— Job 16:2
Then Job answered and said,
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? {vain...: Heb. words of wind}
Job 16 — Context
Then Job answered and said,
2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters {are} ye all. {miserable: or, troublesome}
3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? {vain...: Heb. words of wind}
4I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Cross References
Job 13:4-5
But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value.
Psalms 69:26
For they persecute {him} whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. {those...: Heb. thy wounded}
Job 6:25
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Job 26:2-3
How hast thou helped {him that is} without power? {how} savest thou the arm {that hath} no strength?
Job 19:2-3
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Job 6:6
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there {any} taste in the white of an egg?
Job 11:2-3
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? {full...: Heb. of lips}