Job 16:3

Tree of Life Version

Is there no end to your futile words? What compels you to answer?

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Do you intend to correct my words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

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

sound speech beyond criticism—so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

They must be silenced—those who upset entire households by teaching what they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

No one was able to answer Him a word. Nor did anyone dare from that day on to question Him any longer.

I hear a rebuke that dishonors me and my understanding inspires me to reply.

“How long will you say these things? The words of your mouth are like a mighty wind.

So it was year after year, whenever she went up to the House of Adonai, that she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

Look, you have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?