Job 16:2
I have heard many such things; 1 menachamei amal (miserable comforters) are ye all. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
In Context
1Then Iyov answered and said, 1
3Shall divrei ruach (vain words) have an end? 1 Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? 1
Cross References
Job 6:6Can that which is tasteless be eaten without melach? 1 Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 1
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of devarim be answered? 1 And should an ish full of talk yitzdak (be justified)? 1
Job 19:2How long will ye torment my nefesh, 1 and crush me with words? 1
Job 26:2How hast thou helped him that is without ko'ach? 1 How savest thou the zero'a that hath no oz (strength)? 1
Philippians 1:16These latter proclaim Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach out of a ruach of ahavah, having da'as that the purpose of my divinely destined appointment here is for the hitstaddekut (apologetic defense) of the Besuras HaGeulah.
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 →