New King James Version
Job 16:3
3Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
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 Living Translation (NLT)Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air? What makes you keep on talking?
Context of Job 16:3
1Then Job answered and said: 2“I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all! Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? 4I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you; 5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
Read all of Job 16Job 16:3 word by word
הֲקֵ֥ץ לְדִבְרֵי־ר֑וּחַ א֥וֹ מַה־יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 16:3
- Job 6:26Do you intend to rebuke my words, And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
- Job 8:2“How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
- Job 15:2“Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
- Job 20:3I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
- Job 32:3Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Matthew 22:46And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
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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