Job 35:16
therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
In Context
15But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
Cross References
Job 3:1After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
Job 33:8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
Job 38:2“Who is this who darkens counsel 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 →