Job 35:15-16

15 and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.^[a]

16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

Job 35:15-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 35

Is this chapter Elihu goes on to charge Job with other unbecoming speeches, which he undertakes to refute; as that he had represented his cause more just than God's, and religion and righteousness as things unprofitable to men, only to God; to which Elihu takes upon him to make answer, Job 35:1-8; and that the cries of the oppressed were not heard by the Lord, so as to give occasion to songs of praise and thankfulness, to which he replies, Job 35:9-13; and that Job had expressed diffidence and despair of ever seeing and enjoying the favour of God, which he endeavours to remove, Job 35:14-16.

Cross References

• 1. S Job 9:24
• 2. S Job 18:5; Psalms 10:11; Hosea 7:2; Amos 8:7
• 3. Titus 1:10
• 4. S Job 34:35,37; 1 Corinthians 4:20; Jude 1:10

Footnotes

• [a] Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.