Job 16:3
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
KJV
Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa ? aut aliquid tibi molestum est, si loquaris ?
Vulgate
τί γάρ; μὴ τάξις ἐστὶν ῥήμασιν πνεύματος; ἢ τί παρενοχλήσει σοι ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ;
LXX
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
ASV
הֲ/קֵ֥ץ לְ/דִבְרֵי ר֑וּחַ א֥וֹ מַה יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְ/ךָ֗ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
נִמְרֶ֔צֶת
nmrtst
verb · 4×
קֵּ֖ץ
qts
noun · 66×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 6:26 — Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
- Job 15:2 — Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
- Job 27:12 — Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
- Rom 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?