Job 35:16
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
In Context
Cross References
Job 3:1Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,
Job 33:8But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:
Job 38:2Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
Matthew Henry on Job 35:15-16
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. Here is, I. Another improper word for which Elihu reproves Job ( v. 14 ): Thou sayest thou shalt not see him; that is, 1. "Thou complainest that thou dost not understand the meaning of his severe dealings with thee, nor… Read the whole commentary →