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THE MESSAGE
Job 35:16
Bible Study Resources
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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.
But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth 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.
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
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone."
Elisha said, "Everything will be all right. Go in peace." But he hadn't gone far when Gehazi, servant to Elisha the Holy Man, said to himself, "My master has let this Aramean Naaman slip through his fingers without so much as a thank-you. By the living God , I'm going after him to get something or other from him!" And Gehazi took off after Naaman. Naaman saw him running after him and jumped down from his chariot to greet him, "Is something wrong?"
Remember how we got the news in Ephrathah, learned all about it at Jaar Meadows? We shouted, "Let's go to the shrine dedication! Let's worship at God's own footstool!"
But you, Bethlehem, David's country, the runt of the litter— From you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule Israel. He'll be no upstart, no pretender. His family tree is ancient and distinguished. Meanwhile, Israel will be in foster homes until the birth pangs are over and the child is born, And the scattered brothers come back home to the family of Israel. He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God 's strength, centered in the majesty of God -Revealed. And the people will have a good and safe home, for the whole world will hold him in respect— Peacemaker of the world!
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory— this was during Herod's kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, "Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We're on pilgrimage to worship him."
Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into a rage. He commanded the murder of every little boy two years old and under who lived in Bethlehem and its surrounding hills. (He determined that age from information he'd gotten from the scholars.) That's when Jeremiah's sermon was fulfilled: A sound was heard in Ramah, weeping and much lament. Rachel weeping for her children, Rachel refusing all solace, Her children gone, dead and buried.
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.
