Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 16:4 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Job 16:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 16 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Job 16:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 16:4
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. Job responds to his friends' harsh and unsympathetic speeches with this pointed observation: their counsel lacks compassion because they haven't experienced his suffering. The phrase "if your soul were in my soul's stead" expresses the principle that genuine understanding requires empathy—entering into another's situation rather than pronouncing judgment from a position of comfort."Heap up words" (chabar miliym, חָבַר מִלִּים) means to join together or compile speec...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 16:4
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“they shake their head.”
“saying”
“[saying]”
“you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.”
“and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished”
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice”
“This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee”
“a shaking of the head among the peoples.”
“all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored”
“that said in her heart”