Job 35:16

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

DBY

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

DRC

Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

GNV

Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.

JPS

But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

LXXE

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

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WLC

וְ֭אִיּוֹב הֶ֣בֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּ֑יהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֝֗עַת מִלִּ֥ין יַכְבִּֽר׃

LXX-Br

καὶ Ἰὼβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ῥήματα βαρύνει.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
• Job 33:8–12Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words: ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. He puts my…
• Job 34:35–37‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’ If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man. For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words…
• Job 3:1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
• Job 33:2Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

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