Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 16:3 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 16:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 16 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? vain: Heb. words of wind”
Job 16:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 16:3
Shall vain words have an end? (הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי־רוּחַ, haqets ledivrey-ruach)—The phrase דִּבְרֵי־רוּחַ (divrey-ruach) literally means 'words of wind/spirit'—empty rhetoric lacking substance. Job throws Eliphaz's criticism back: you traffic in windy nothings, not me.Or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? (אוֹ מַה־יַּמְרִיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶה, o mah-yamritscha ki ta'aneh)—The verb מָרַץ (marats) means 'to provoke, embolden, make bold.' Job questions the audacity of Eliphaz's presumption. His friends speak confidently about matters beyond their knowledge—a perpetual temptation in theodicy deb...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 16:3
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“seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?”
“teaching things which they ought not”
“because they had found no answer”
“neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.”
“I have heard the check of my reproach”
“having no evil thing to say about us.”