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Job 35:16

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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וְ֭אִיּוֹבveiovand Jobאִיּוֹבconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Job”H347Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patienceJob.הֶ֣בֶלhevelvanityהֶבֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “vanity”, the ordinary formH1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.יִפְצֶהyiftsehopenפָּצָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “open”, an unfinished actionH6475to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.פִּ֑יהוּpihvedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…בִּבְלִיbivliin notבְּלִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in not”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1097properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.דַ֝֗עַתdaatcunningדַּעַתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cunning”, the ordinary formH1847knowledgecunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).מִלִּ֥יןmilinwordמִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “word”, the ordinary formH4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.יַכְבִּֽרyakhbirin abundanceכָּבַרverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in abundance”, an unfinished actionH3527properly, to plait together, i.e. (figuratively) to augment (especially in number or quantity, to accumulate)in abundance, multiply.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

World English Bible

therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

Darby Translation

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

Douay-Rheims

Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ Ἰὼβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ῥήματα βαρύνει.