Job 35:16 Cross References - Thomson

¹⁶ therefore Job vainly openeth his mouth; he loadeth his speeches with folly.

¹ After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day,

² for lo! I have opened my mouth, and my tongue hath begun to speak.

⁸ Now thou hast said in my hearing; I heard the sound of thy words: for thou saidst, ⁹ "I am pure, I have not sinned; I am irreprehensible, for I have not transgressed. ¹⁰ But he hath invented an accusation against me, and hath accounted me as an enemy. ¹¹ He hath put my foot in a clog, and watched all my ways." ¹² For how, dost thou say, I am righteous, yet he hath not hearkened to me. For He, who is over mortals, is eternal.

³⁵ Job indeed hath not spoken with wisdom: his words are not with understanding. ³⁶ Therefore let Job learn and no more make reply like the foolish; ³⁷ that we may not add to our transgressions. For iniquity will be charged to our account; if we multiply speeches before the Lord.

² Who is this who is concealing counsel from me, and who hiding words in his heart thinketh to hide them from me?