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JPS Old Testament
Job 35:16
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- HolmanParallel Translations
Job opens his mouth in vainand multiplies words without knowledge.
Therefore Iyov opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge."
So Job is only speaking nonsense, saying many words without knowing what is true."
So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words."
Job uselessly opens his mouth And multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked]."
So Job opens his mouth with empty words; He multiplies words without knowledge."
Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."
Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.
So Job opens his mouth vainly;He multiplies words without knowledge."
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge."
Everything you have said adds up to nonsense.
So Iyov is being futile when he opens his mouth; he is piling up words without knowledge."
For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
So he continues his worthless talking. Everything he has said shows he does not know what he is talking about."
Therefore Job has spoken in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.
It is useless for you to go on talking; it is clear you don't know what you are saying.
therefore Job opens his mouth in empty talk— without knowledge he multiplies words."
even Job vainly opens his mouth; he multiplies words without knowledge.
Therfore hath Iob opened his mouth but in vayne, ad folishly hath he made so many wordes.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
Therefore doeth Iob open his mouth in vaine: he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Therefore doth Iob open his mouth but in vaine, & he maketh many wordes without knowledge.
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.
Therefore Job opens his mouth in vanity; He multiplies words without knowledge.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge."
But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool."
Job opens his mouth with empty talk. He speaks many words without much learning."
Job opens his mouth in empty talk, he multiplies words without knowledge."
Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.
Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job opens his mouth in empty talk, he multiplies words without knowledge."
And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
"Job, you talk sheer nonsense— nonstop nonsense!"
So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 3:1, Job 33:2, Job 33:8-12, Job 34:35-37, Job 38:2
Reciprocal: Job 9:20 - mine Job 13:2 - General Job 16:4 - up words Job 34:37 - multiplieth Ecclesiastes 10:14 - is full of words Ezekiel 35:13 - have multiplied
Cross-References
Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.
And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.'
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem in Judah. And they came into the field of Moab, and continued there.
And he said unto him: 'Go in peace.' So he departed from him some way.
And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the wood.
Therefore will He give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth; then the residue of his brethren shall return with the children of Israel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain,.... In uttering such unbecoming expressions, observed, and refuted, in his loud complaints of God, and of his dealings with him, and in defence of himself;
he multiplieth words without knowledge; both against God and in answer to others; being in a great measure ignorant of the nature and number of his sins, and of his afflictions; and of the end of God in them, and of the right he had to lay them upon him; us well as of his duty patiently to bear them, and trust in God, and wait his own time for deliverance out of them; and or the truth of this he was afterwards convinced, and acknowledged it, Job 42:3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Therefore - In view of all that Elihu had now said, be came to the conclusion that the views of Job were erroneous, and that he had no just cause of complaint. He had suffered no more than he had deserved; he might have obtained a release or mitigation if he had applied to God; and the government of God was just, and was every way worthy of confidence. The remarks of Job, therefore, complaining of the severity of his sufferings and of the government of God, were not based on knowledge, and had in fact no solid foundation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 35:16. Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain — God will execute vengeance when it may best serve the ends of his justice, providence, and mercy. The delay of judgment is not proof that it shall not be executed; nor is the deferring of mercy any proof that God has forgotten to be gracious.
He multiplieth words without knowledge — However this may apply to Job, it most certainly applies very strongly and generally to the words, not only of Job's three friends, but to those also of Elihu himself. The contest is frequently a strife of words.
