Job 16:2
Of such things as these I have heard enough! Miserable comforters are ye all!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
In Context
3Will there ever be an end to words of wind? What stirreth thee up, that thou answerest?
Cross References
Job 6:6Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job 11:2Shall not the multitude of words receive an answer? Shall the man of words be justified?
Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
Job 26:2How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
Philippians 1:16(1:17) but they who are of a factious spirit preach Christ with no pure intent, thinking to stir up 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 →