Job 16:2

I haue oft times heard such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

In Context

1Bvt Iob answered, and said,

3Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?

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Cross References

Job 6:6That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?

Job 11:2Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?

Job 19:2Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?

Job 26:2Whom helpest thou? him that hath no power? sauest thou the arme that hath no strength?

Philippians 1:16The one part preacheth Christ of contention and not purely, supposing to adde more affliction to my bandes.

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 →

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