Job 16:2
שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבּוֹת מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
In Context
1וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃
3הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי ־ רוּחַ אוֹ מַה ־ יַּמְרִֽיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶֽה ׃
Cross References
Job 6:6הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל מִבְּלִי ־ מֶלַח אִם ־ יֶשׁ ־ טַעַם בְּרִיר חַלָּמֽוּת ׃
Job 11:2הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם ־ אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק ׃
Job 19:2עַד ־ אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים ׃
Job 26:2מֶה ־ עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא ־ כֹחַ הוֹשַׁעְתָּ זְרוֹעַ לֹא ־ עֹֽז ׃
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 →