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Job 35:16 KJV
Job · chapter 35 · verse 16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.Job 35:16 · King James Version
Job 35:16 in context
14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- multipliethkâbarproperly, to plait togetherH3527 →
- withoutbᵉlîyproperly, failureH1097 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- wordsmillâha wordH4405 →
- openpâtsâhto rendH6475 →
- vainhebelemptiness or vanityH1892 →
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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, Job 23:9. And, 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-16