Job 35:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭אִיּוֹב הֶ֣בֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּ֑יהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֝֗עַת מִלִּ֥ין יַכְבִּֽר׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-ʾiyyôḇ heḇel yifṣeh-pîhû biḇlî-daʿat millîn yakbîr

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾiyyôḇ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Job
*heḇel*: masculine singular noun - vanity/emptiness
*yifṣeh-pîhû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he opens his mouth
*biḇlî-daʿat*: preposition + negative particle + feminine singular noun - without knowledge
*millîn*: feminine plural noun - words
*yakbîr*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he multiplies

Word Meanings

*ʾiyyôḇ*: Job (personal name)
*heḇel*: vanity/emptiness/futility
*yifṣeh*: to open/part/separate
*pîhû*: his mouth/speech
*biḇlî*: without/lacking/absence of
*daʿat*: knowledge/understanding/wisdom
*millîn*: words/speech/utterances
*yakbîr*: to multiply/increase/make great

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 38:2 : 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
Job 3:1 : 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Job 33:2 : 2 Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job 33:8-9 : 8 Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying], 9 I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me: 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy: 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.
Job 34:35-37 : 35 Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. 36 Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men. 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.

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