Job 16:1–3
Job 16:1–3 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 Then Job replied:
2 “I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters, all of you!
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?
What ails you that you keep on arguing?
Job 16:1–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard many such things;
miserable comforters are you all.
3 Shall windy words have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
Job 16:1–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such things:
Miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Shall vain words have an end?
Or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 16:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 Then Job spoke again:
2 “I have heard all this before.
What miserable comforters you are!
3 Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air?
What makes you keep on talking?
Job 16:1–3 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 Then Job answered:
2 “I have heard many things like these.
You are all painful comforters!
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?
What makes you keep on arguing?
Job 16:1–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such things:
Miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Shall vain words have an end?
Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Job 16:1–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 And Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all. 3 Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Job 16:1–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 Then Job replied ⸤to his friends⸥,
2 “I have heard many things like this before.
You are all pathetic at comforting me.
3 Will ⸤your⸥ long-winded speeches never end?
What disturbs you that you keep on answering ⸤me⸥?
Job 16:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 Then Job answered:
2 I have heard many things like these.
You are all miserable comforters.
3 Is there no end to your empty words?
What provokes you that you continue testifying?
Job 16:1–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 Then Job answered:
2 “I have heard many such things;
miserable comforters are you all.
3 Have windy words no limit?
Or what provokes you that you keep on talking?
Job 16:1–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 “I have heard many things like these;
all of you are miserable comforters.
3 Is there a limit to windy words?
What provokes you that you answer?
Job 16:1–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 Job replied,
2 “I’ve heard many of those things before.
You are terrible at comforting me!
3 Your speeches go on forever.
Won’t they ever end?
What’s wrong with you?
Why do you keep on arguing?
Job 16:1–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 Then Job answered,
2 “I have heard many such things;
Sorry comforters are you all.
3 “Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?