Job 35:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Job uselessly opens his mouth and multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So Job mouths emptiness; he piles up ignorant words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.

Job 35:16 Cross References

Job 38:2

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 33:2

See, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.

Job 3:1

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Job 35:15

And now, because his anger does not punish and he does not greatly heed transgression,

Job 36:1

Elihu continued and said:

Ezekiel 35:13

And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth and multiplied your words against me; I heard it.