Job 16:4
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 16
“I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.”Job 16:4
What Does Job 16:4 Mean?
Job 16:4 is found in the book of Job, chapter 16, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 16:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 22:7“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,”Psalms 109:25“I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.”2 Kings 19:21“This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.”Job 16:20“My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.”Ecclesiastes 4:1“So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.”Isaiah 37:22“This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.”Lamentations 2:15“All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?”Psalms 44:14“Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.”Psalms 123:4“Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.”Jeremiah 18:16“To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.”Job 6:2“Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!”Job 6:14“To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.”Job 11:2“Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?”Job 12:5“He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.”Job 26:2“How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?”Job 35:16“Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.”Proverbs 10:19“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”Ecclesiastes 10:14“A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?”Jeremiah 48:27“For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.”Zephaniah 2:15“This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.”
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