Job 16:2

Job 16:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
• New International Version (NIV)“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all!

Context of Job 16:2

1Job answered, saying: “I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you! 3Is there no end to your futile words? What compels you to answer? 4I too could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could compose words against you and shake my head at you.

Job 16:2 word by word

שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי כְאֵ֣לֶּה רַבּ֑וֹת מְנַחֲמֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• many such thingsרַבrab · manyH7227
• miserableעָמָל‛âmâl · troubleH5999
• comfortersנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162

Cross-references for Job 16:2

• Job 6:6Is something bland eaten without salt, is there taste in the white of an egg?
• Job 11:2“Should so many words go unanswered? Is a man justified by his lips?
• Job 13:5If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
• Job 19:2“How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?
• Job 26:2“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm without strength!
• James 1:19Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger—
• Job 13:4You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless doctors—all of you!
• Psalms 69:26Let their encampment be deserted. Let none dwell in their tents.
• Philippians 1:16The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

Commentaries on Job 16:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I have heard many such things - These sayings of the ancients are not strange to me; but they do not apply to my case: ye see me in affliction; ye should endeavor to console me. This ye do not; and yet ye pretend to do it! Miserable comforters are ye all.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Many such things - That is, either things fitted to provoke and irritate, or sentiments that are common-place. There was nothing new in what they said, and nothing to the purpose. Miserable comforters - Compare Job 13:4. They had come professedly to condole with him. Now all that they said was adapted only to irritate, and to deepen his distress. He was disappointed; and he was deeply wounded and grieved.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22SECOND SERIES. 2. (Job 13:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:2

• Friendship
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Foul
• Plead
• Scorn
• Paraclete

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