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Job 16:1
1Then Job answered and said,
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Context of Job 16:1
Then Job answered and said, 2I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all. 3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
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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
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- 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
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