Job 16:2
1 Then Job answered:
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
3 Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
- KJV
- I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
- WEB
- “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
- ASV
- I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.
- DARBY
- I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all.
- BLB
- “I have heard many such things, all of you⁺ comforters of trouble.
- ÅB
- Jeg har hørt meget som dette; dere er plagsomme trøstere alle sammen.
- OTB
- "Jeg har hørt mye av dette;
dere er alle ineffektive trøstere! - B1930
- Jeg har hørt meget som dette; I er plagsomme trøstere alle sammen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 13:4–5
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Read in contextJames 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Read in contextPsalms 69:26
For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:16
The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
Read in contextJob 6:6
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?
Read in contextJob 19:2–3
“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
Read in contextJob 6:25
How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
Read in contextJob 11:2–3
“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
Read in context