Job 16:3

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Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

"Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.

With Job's three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.

who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.