Job 16:2
I have heard many such things, Wearisome comforters, are ye all!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
In Context
1Then responded Job, and said:—
3Is there to be an end to windy words? Or what so strongly exciteth thee, that thou must respond?
Cross References
Job 6:6Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job 11:2Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
Job 19:2How long will ye grieve my soul? or crush me with words?
Job 26:2How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
Philippians 1:16These, indeed, out of love, knowing that, for the defence of the glad-message, I am set;
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 →