Job 35 · Verse 16

Job 35:16

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job 35:16, King James Version

Job 35:16 in other translations

BSBSo Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
WEBtherefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
ASVTherefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.
YLTAnd Job with vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
DARBYFor Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
BBEAnd Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
WebsterTherefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

What does Job 35:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. Apodosis to Job 35:15. in vain--rashly.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain - God will execute vengeance when it may best serve the ends of his justice, providence, and mercy. The delay of judgment is not proof that it shall not be executed; nor is the deferring of mercy any proof that God has forgotten to be gracious. He multiplieth words without knowledge - However this may apply to Job, it most certainly applies very strongly and generally to the words, not only of Job's three friends, but to those also of Elihu himself. The contest is frequently a strife of words.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 35:14-16

As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow must be as this day, is as absurd as to think that the weather, when either fair or foul, will be always so. When Job looked up to God, he had no reason to speak despairingly. There is a day of judgment, when all that seems amiss…

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Job 35:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְ֭אִיּוֹבVe.'i.yovand JobH347
הֶ֣בֶלHe.velvanityH1892
יִפְצֶה\־yif.tzeh-he opensH6475
פִּ֑יהוּPi.humouth hisH6310
בִּבְלִי\־biv.li-with notH1097
דַ֝֗עַתDa.'atknowledgeH1847
מִלִּ֥יןmi.LinwordsH4405
יַכְבִּֽר\׃\ \פyakh.Birhe multipliesH3527

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 35:16

  • Job 38:2

    Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

  • Job 34:35-37

    Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

  • Job 33:8-12

    Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. …

  • Job 33:2

    Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

  • Job 3:1

    After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:1; 33:2,8-12; 34:35-37; 38:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 35:15

    But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

  • Job 35:16

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

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Job 35:16 in other languages

French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Job ouvre sa bouche vainement; il entasse des paroles sans science.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und so sperrt Hiob eitler Weise seinen Mund auf, häuft Worte ohne Erkenntnis.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.