Job 16:3
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
מָרַץ
mârats
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement; to irritate
Key Terms in This Verse
מָרַץ mârats
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement; to irritate
Study H4834 →שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Study H7723 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
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