Job 16:3
What does Job 16:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 16:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? Andhow longshall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
- Job 15:2
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
- Job 6:26
Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
- Titus 2:8
sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
- Matthew 22:46
And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
- Titus 1:11
whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
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