Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"I have oft times heard such things. Miserable givers of comfort are ye, all the sort of you.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Holman Bible
You are all miserable comforters.
International Standard Version
"I've heard many things like this. What miserable comforters you all are!
A Conservative Version
I have heard many such things. Miserable comforters are ye all.
American Standard Version
I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.
Amplified
“I have heard many such things;
Wearisome and miserable comforters are you all.
Bible in Basic English
Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.
Darby Translation
I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all.
Julia Smith Translation
I heard many like there: comforters of vexation ye all.
King James 2000
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are you all.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I have heard many [things] like these; all of you [are] {miserable comforters}.
Modern King James verseion
I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters.
NET Bible
"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!
New Heart English Bible
"I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters.
The Emphasized Bible
I have heard many such things, Wearisome comforters, are ye all!
Webster
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
World English Bible
"I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
Youngs Literal Translation
I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters are ye all.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Fifth Speech
1 Job answered, and said, 2 "I have oft times heard such things. Miserable givers of comfort are ye, all the sort of you. 3 Shall not thy vain words come yet to an end? Or, hast thou yet any more to say?
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Cross References
Job 6:6
That which is unsavory, shalt it be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job 6:25
How steadfast are the words of truth! And which of you can rebuke or reprove them?
Job 11:2-3
"Should not he that maketh many words, be answered? Should he that babbleth much, be commended therein?
Job 13:4-5
As for you, ye are workmasters of lies, and unprofitable physicians altogether.
Job 19:2-3
"How long will ye vex my mind, and trouble me with words?
Job 26:2-3
"O how helpest thou the weak? What comfort givest thou unto him that hath no strength?
Psalm 69:26
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.
Philippians 1:16
The one part preacheth Christ of strife, and not purely, supposing to add more adversity to my bonds.
James 1:19
Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.