Job 16:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
  • Job 15:2 : 2 “Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
  • Job 20:3 : 3 When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.
  • Job 32:3-6 : 3 With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty. 4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was. 5 But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry. 6 Elihu Claims Wisdom So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up:“I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.
  • Matt 22:46 : 46 No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 “How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

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