Job 35:16
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Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

Job 3:1 After this, Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,

Job 33:2,8-12 Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws. . . .

Job 34:35-37 But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline. . . .

Job 38:2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?

Context
Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
15For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly. 16Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
Cross References
Job 34:35
But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline.

Job 35:15
For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

Job 36:1
Eliu also proceeded, and said:

Job 38:2
Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?

Lexicon
So Job
וְ֭אִיּוֹב (wə·’î·yō·wḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 347: Job -- a patriarch

opens
יִפְצֶה־ (yip̄·ṣeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6475: To rend, open

his mouth
פִּ֑יהוּ (pî·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

in vain
הֶ֣בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

and multiplies
יַכְבִּֽר׃ (yaḵ·bir)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3527: To plait together, to augment

words
מִלִּ֥ין (mil·lîn)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4405: A word, a discourse, a topic

without
בִּבְלִי־ (biḇ·lî-)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

knowledge.”
דַ֝֗עַת (ḏa·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1847: Knowledge


Additional Translations
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge."

And Job with vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
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