Job 16:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 16:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 16:3 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? vain...: Heb. words of wind" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 16:3 — KJV
“Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? vain...: Heb. words of wind”
— Job 16:3 (KJV)
Job 16:3 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 16:3
“Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. kept...: Heb. bound”
Shares key themes with Job 16:3: words, end, heb
“Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. Let there...: Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men”
Shares key themes with Job 16:3: vain, words, heb
“Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? sayest: or, talkest vain...: Heb. word of the lips I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war”
Shares key themes with Job 16:3: vain, words, heb
“Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. book of Jehu: Heb. words, etc is mentioned: Heb. was made to ascend”
Shares key themes with Job 16:3: words, end, heb
“For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity”
Shares key themes with Job 16:3: vain, end, heb
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