16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words."
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge."
16 "Job, you talk sheer nonsense - nonstop nonsense!"
16 Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge."
16 But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 35:16
Commentary on Job 35:14-16
(Read Job 35:14-16)
As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow must be as this day, is as absurd as to think that the weather, when either fair or foul, will be always so. When Job looked up to God, he had no reason to speak despairingly. There is a day of judgment, when all that seems amiss will be found to be right, and all that seems dark and difficult will be cleared up and set straight. And if there is Divine wrath in our troubles, it is because we quarrel with God, are fretful, and distrust Divine Providence. This was Job's case. Elihu was directed by God to humble Job, for as to some things he had both opened his mouth in vain, and had multiplied words without knowledge. Let us be admonished, in our afflictions, not so much to set forth the greatness of our suffering, as the greatness of the mercy of God.