Job 16:3
הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי ־ רוּחַ אוֹ מַה ־ יַּמְרִֽיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
In Context
2שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבּוֹת מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶֽם ׃
Cross References
Job 6:26הַלְהוֹכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ וּלְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי נֹאָֽשׁ ׃
Job 15:2הֶֽחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַֽעַת ־ רוּחַ וִֽימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ ׃
Job 27:12הֵן ־ אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה ־ זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ ׃
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 →