Job 16:2
I have heard many such things. Miserable comforters are ye all.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
In Context
3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes thee that thou answer?
Cross References
Job 6:6Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Job 26:2How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!
Philippians 1:16Some indeed proclaim the Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to bring affliction to my bonds.
Matthew Henry on Job 16:2-6
The Reply of Job to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? 4 I 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. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly… Read the whole commentary →