Job 35:16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
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Who {is} this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of {thy} words, {saying}, {hearing: Heb. ears}
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words {were} without wisdom.
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. {in my mouth: Heb. in my palate}
Who {is} this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words {were} without wisdom.
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? {is full...: Heb. multiplieth words}
I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth {his hands} among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard {them}. {boasted: Heb. magnified}
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: {if I say}, I {am} perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
What ye know, {the same} do I know also: I {am} not inferior unto you.
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.