Job 35:16
Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
In Context
15But nowe because his anger hath not visited, nor called to count the euill with great extremitie,
Cross References
Job 3:1Afterward Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
Job 33:8Doubtles thou hast spoken in mine eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes 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 →