Job 16:1

Job 16:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Job answered and said,
• New International Version (NIV)Then Job replied:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Job answered and said:
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Job answered and said:

Context of Job 16:1

Then Job answered and said, 2“I have heard many such things; Wearisome and miserable comforters are you all. 3Is there no end to [your futile] words of wind? Or what plagues you [so much] that you [so boldly] answer [me like this]?

Job 16:1 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Commentaries on Job 16:1

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Job reproves his friends. (1-5) He represents his case as deplorable. (6-16) Job maintains his innocency. (17-22) Verses 1-5 Eliphaz had represented Job's discourses as unprofitable, and nothing to the purpose; Job here gives his the same character. Those who pass censures, must expect to have them retorted; it is easy, it is endless, but what good does it do? Angry answers stir up men's passions, but never convince their judgments, nor set truth in a…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22SECOND SERIES. 2. (Job 13:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:1

• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Comforter
• Foul
• Plead
• Scorn

Commentaries on Job 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary