Job 16:2

American Standard Version (1901)

I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:4-5 : 4 But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value. 5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
  • Job 19:2-3 : 2 How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
  • Job 26:2-3 : 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength! 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
  • Ps 69:26 : 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
  • Phil 1:16 : 16 the one [do it] of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Job 6:6 : 6 Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
  • Job 6:25 : 25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?
  • Job 11:2-3 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

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