Job 21:34

Authorized King James Version (1611)

How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:2 : 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.
  • Job 32:3 : 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and [yet] had condemned Job.
  • Job 42:7 : 7 ¶ And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me [the thing that is] right, as my servant Job [hath].
  • Job 13:4 : 4 But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.

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  • Job 16:1-3
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    1 ¶ Then Job answered and said,

    2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.

    3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

  • Job 15:11-12
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    11 [Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

    12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

  • 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?

  • 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

  • 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.

  • Job 21:1-2
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    1 ¶ But Job answered and said,

    2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

  • 18 [When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.

  • 25 And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

  • 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.

  • 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

  • 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 28 For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?

  • 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

  • 4 As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?

  • 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

  • Job 16:5-6
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    5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].

    6 ¶ Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?

  • Job 19:1-2
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    1 ¶ Then Job answered and said,

    2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

  • 20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

  • 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • 4 But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.

  • 21 They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

  • 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  • 1 ¶ But Job answered and said,

  • 15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • 16 For these [things] I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

  • 15 Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.

  • 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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    2 O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.

  • 4 Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

  • 1 ¶ Then Job answered and said,

  • 29 [If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

  • 3 How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

  • 19 These two [things] are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

  • 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job, [or] that answered his words:

  • 5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • 28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

  • 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • 1 ¶ And Job answered and said,

  • 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end.

  • 6 [Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?