Job 16:2
I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
In Context
3Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?
Cross References
Job 6:6Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death?
Job 11:2Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?
Job 19:2How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Job 26:2Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
Philippians 1:16Some out of charity, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
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 →