Job 35:16
New International Version
So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

New Living Translation
But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool.”

English Standard Version
Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.”

Berean Standard Bible
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

King James Bible
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

New King James Version
Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge.”

New American Standard Bible
So Job opens his mouth with empty words; He multiplies words without knowledge.”

NASB 1995
So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge.”

NASB 1977
So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge.”

Legacy Standard Bible
So Job opens his mouth vainly; He multiplies words without knowledge.”

Amplified Bible
Job uselessly opens his mouth And multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].”

Christian Standard Bible
Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Job uselessly opened his mouth and multiplies words without knowledge

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

Contemporary English Version
Everything you have said adds up to nonsense.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

English Revised Version
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Job opens his mouth for no good reason and talks a lot without having any knowledge."

Good News Translation
It is useless for you to go on talking; it is clear you don't know what you are saying.

International Standard Version
When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness; he added words upon words without knowing anything."

JPS Tanakh 1917
But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Literal Standard Version
And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, | He multiplies words without knowledge.”

Majority Standard Bible
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

New American Bible
Yet Job to no purpose opens his mouth, multiplying words without knowledge.

NET Bible
So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words."

New Revised Standard Version
Job opens his mouth in empty talk, he multiplies words without knowledge.”

New Heart English Bible
Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge."

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

World English Bible
therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Job with vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

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Context
Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
15and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly! 16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

Cross References
Job 34:35
Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.'

Job 35:15
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

Job 36:1
And Elihu continued:

Job 38:2
"Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?


Treasury of Scripture

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

Job 3:1
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Job 33:2,8-12
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth…

Job 34:35-37
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom…

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1. Comparison is not to be made with God,
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Verse 16. - Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; or, in vanity (comp. ver. 13). He multiplieth words without knowledge; i.e. he is bold to speak words that are vain and insensate, because God has not, as he might have done, punished him for his previous utterances.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Job
וְ֭אִיּוֹב (wə·’î·yō·wḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

opens
יִפְצֶה־ (yip̄·ṣeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6475: To rend, open

his mouth
פִּ֑יהוּ (pî·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

in vain
הֶ֣בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

and multiplies
יַכְבִּֽר׃ (yaḵ·bir)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3527: To plait together, to augment

words
מִלִּ֥ין (mil·lîn)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4405: A word, a discourse, a topic

without
בִּבְלִי־ (biḇ·lî-)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

knowledge.”
דַ֝֗עַת (ḏa·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1847: Knowledge


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