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Job Chapter 16 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Job 16:3

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
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BBE Job 16:3

May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?
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DARBY Job 16:3

Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
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KJV Job 16:3

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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WBT Job 16:3

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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WEB Job 16:3

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
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YLT Job 16:3

Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Shall vain words have an end? literally, as in the margin, words of wind; i.e. words which pass by a man "as the idle wind which he regards not." Will his friends never bring their futile speaking to a close? Or what emboldeneth thee that thou anwerest? rather, what provoketh thee? (Revised Version) Job had begged that his friends would be silent (Job 13:5, 13). He supposes that they would have complied with his wish if he had not provoked them, but professes an inability to see what provocation he had given. His last speech, however, had certainly not been conciliatory (see Job 12:1-3; Job 13:4, 7, etc.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Shall vain words have an end?--The English idiom rather requires, "Shall not vain words have an end? for if not, what emboldeneth or provoketh thee that thou answerest?" Eliphaz had contributed nothing to the discussion in his last reply; he had simply reiterated what had been said before.