Cross References

Job 16:3

The Scriptures 1998

Is there an end to words of wind? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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“Would a wise man answer with vain knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

I have listened to the reproof which insults me, and the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

See, all of you have seen it. Why then are you altogether vain?

Do you reckon to reprove my words, and the sayings of one in despair, which are as wind?

“How long are you going to speak like this, since the words of your mouth are a strong wind?

And no one was able to answer Him a word, and from that day on no one was bold enough to ask Him any more questions.

whose mouths have to be stopped, who upset entire households, teaching what they should not teach, for the sake of filthy gain.

soundness of speech beyond reproach, in order that the opponent is put to shame, having no evil word to say about you.

And so he did, year by year. Whenever she went up to the House of יהוה, she was provoked, so that she wept and did not eat.