Job 16:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

KJV

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?vain…: Heb. words of wind

WEB

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

ASV

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

LSV

Is there an end to words of wind? Or what emboldens you that you answer?

YLT

Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

DBY

Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

DRC

Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?

GNV

Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?

JPS

Shall windy words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

LXXE

What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?

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Original-language editions

WLC

הֲקֵ֥ץ לְדִבְרֵי־ר֑וּחַ א֥וֹ מַה־יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Τί γάρ; μὴ τάξις ἐστὶ ῥήμασι πνεύματος; ἢ τί παρενοχλήσει σοι ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
• Job 15:2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
• Titus 2:8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us.
• Job 20:3I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
• Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
• Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
• Job 32:3–6and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him. Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he. But when he saw that…
• Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.

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