Job 16:1

Job’s Fifth Speech

1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 16:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 16:1

Then Job answered and said.
] As soon as Eliphaz had done speaking, Job stood up, and made the following reply.

Job 16:1 In-Context

1 Then Job answered and said,
2 "I have heard many [things] like these; all of you [are] {miserable comforters}.
3 [Is there] a limit to windy words? What provokes you that you answer?
4 I myself also could talk as you, if {you were in my place}; I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.
5 I could encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would ease the pain.

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