King James Version
Job 35:16 in the King James Version says “Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.” — study this verse from Job chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.”
Job 35:16 · KJV
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: he hath: that is, God hath he knoweth: that is, Job knoweth
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“in vain”
H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
“his mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“without”
H1097properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
“he multiplieth”
H3527properly, to plait together, i.e., (figuratively) to augment (especially in number or quantity, to accumulate)
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