What Does Job 16:3 Mean?

“have an end”

an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after

“words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“Shall vain”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

“or what emboldeneth”

properly, to press, i.e., (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement; to irritate

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“thee that thou answerest”

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,