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Job 16:3

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

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

I also could speak as ye do,.... As big words, with as high a tone, with as stiff a neck, and as haughtily and loftily;…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Shall vain words? - Margin, As in Hebrew words of wind; that is, words which were devoid of thought-light, trifling.…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 16:1-5

Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly take, which is to undervalue one another's sense,…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Shall vain words have an end lit. is there any end to words of wind?To retort their charge of "windy knowledge" (ch. Job…

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