Job 16:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer?

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  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do you imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one who is desperate, which are as wind?
  • Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man utter empty knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
  • Job 20:3 : 3 I have heard the rebuke of my dishonor, and the spirit of my understanding prompts me to respond.
  • Job 32:3-6 : 3 Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he. 5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, his wrath was kindled. 6 And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and did not dare to show you my opinion.
  • Matt 22:46 : 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask him any more questions.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he who is of the opposite side may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you speak these things, and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

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    1Then Job answered and said,

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    2Should a wise man utter empty knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

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    16Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

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    4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

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    1Then Job answered and said,

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    2How long will you speak these things, and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

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    13Your words have been harsh against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'.

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    14Now he has not directed his words against me, nor will I answer him with your speeches.

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    2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

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    12Behold, you yourselves have seen it; why then are you altogether vain?

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    5If you can answer me, prepare your words before me, stand up.

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