Job 35:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Job 35:16 —

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← Job 35:15 Job 36:1 →

Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 38:2
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 33:8-12
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, …
Job 34:35-37
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. …
Job 33:2
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job 3:1
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-16)

Here is, I. Another improper word for which Elihu reproves Job (Job 35:14): Thou sayest thou shalt not see him; that is, 1. “Thou complainest that thou dost not understand the meaning of his severe dealings with thee, nor discern the drift and design of them,” Job 23:8, 9. And, 2. “Thou despairest of seeing his gracious returns to thee, of seeing better days again, and art ready to give up all for…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16. Apodosis to Job 35:15. in vain--rashly.