NET Bible
"Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?"
— Job 16:3, NET Bible
“Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?”
“Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? ”
“Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?”
“Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?”
“May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?”
“Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?”
Job’s Reply to Eliphaz Then Job replied:
“I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!
Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.
But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?