Key Verse Spotlight
Job 16:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? {vain...: Heb. words of wind}”
Job 16:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Then Job answered and said,
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters {are} ye all. {miserable: or, troublesome}
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? {vain...: Heb. words of wind}
I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.
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