New American Standard Bible 1995
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
1Then Job answered, 2“I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all. Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer? 4I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you. 5I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
Read all of Job 16Job 16:3 word by word
הֲקֵ֥ץ לְדִבְרֵי־ר֑וּחַ א֥וֹ מַה־יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 16:3
- Job 6:26Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?
- Job 8:2“How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
- Job 15:2“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?
- Job 20:3I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
- Job 32:3And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.
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
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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
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