Job 16:3

Job 16:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
• New International Version (NIV)Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Context of Job 16:3

1And Job answered and said, 2I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all. Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? 4I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you; 5[But] I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage [your pain].

Job 16:3 word by word

הֲקֵ֥ץ לְדִבְרֵי־ר֑וּחַ א֥וֹ מַה־יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• endקֵץqêts · endH7093

Cross-references for Job 16:3

• Job 6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
• Job 8:2How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
• Job 15:2Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
• Job 20:3I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
• Job 32:3and against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they found no answer, and [yet] condemned Job.
• Matthew 22:46And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any more.

Commentaries on Job 16:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Vain words - Literally, words of air. What emboldeneth thee - Thou art totally ignorant of the business; what then can induce thee to take part in this discussion?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Shall vain words? - Margin, As in Hebrew words of wind; that is, words which were devoid of thought-light, trifling. This is a retort on Eliphaz. He had charged Job Job 15:2-3 with uttering only such words. Such forms of expression are common in the East. “His promise, it is only wind.” “Breath, breath: all breath.” Roberts. Or what emboldeneth thee? - “What provokes or irritates thee, that thou dost answer in this manner? What have I said, that has given…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. "Words of wind," Hebrew. He retorts upon Eliphaz his reproach (Job 15:2). emboldeneth--literally, "What wearies you so that ye contradict?" that is, What have I said to provoke you? &c. [Schuttens]. Or, as better accords with the first clause, "Wherefore do ye weary yourselves contradicting?" [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:3

• Persecution
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Foul
• Plead
• Scorn
• Provocation; Provoke

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