Job 35:16 (BSB)
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Commentary on Job 35:16
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Job 35:14-16: Here is, I. Another improper word for which Elihu reproves Job (Job 35:14): Thou sayest thou shalt not see him; that is, 1. "Thou complainest that thou dost not understand the meaning of his severe dealings with thee, nor discern the drift and design of them," Job 23:8, Job 23:9. And, 2.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Job 35:16: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain,.... In uttering such unbecoming expressions, observed, and refuted, in his loud complaints of God, and of his dealings with him, and in defence of himself; he multiplieth words without knowledge; both against God and in answer to others; being in a great measure ignorant of the nature and number of his sins, and of his afflictions; and...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Job 35:16: Apodosis to Job 35:15. in vain--rashly. Next: Job Chapter 36
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Job 35:16: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. (h) For if he punished you as you deserved, you would not be able to open your mouth.