Job 16:2
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
I haue heard many such things: ‖*miserable comforters are ye all.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, troublesome.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 13.4.
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- Job 13:4–5Rank 1 from verse 2
- James 1:19Rank 2 from verse 2
- Job 11:2–3Rank 3 from verse 2
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should †a man ful of talke be iustified?
3Should thy ‖lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
- Job 19:2–3Rank 4 from verse 2
2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
2How long will yee vexe my soule, and breake me in pieces with words?
3These tenne times haue ye reproched me: you are not ashamed that you ‖make your selues strange to me.
- Job 26:2–3Rank 5 from verse 2
2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
2Howe hast thou helped him that is without power? how sauest thou the arme that hath no strength?
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisedome? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing, as it is?
- Philippians 1:16Rank 8 from verse 2
- Psalms 69:26Rank 9 from verse 2
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Job 16:2
Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.
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1. Wretched or in a pitiable condition. 2. Causing misery or affording poor comfort.
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comforters
Persons who comfort, strengthen, encourage, or console.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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1THEN Job answered and said,
1¶ Then Iob answered, and said,
2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
2I haue heard many such things: ‖*miserable comforters are ye all.
Selected passage3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
3Shall †vaine words haue an ende? or what emboldeneth thee, that thou answerest?