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Job, chapter 35, verse 16,

Job opens his mouth in empty talk.

He multiplies words without knowledge.

This is a really interesting verse as Elihu is speaking to Job

and talking about how Job is multiplying his words

with empty or meaningless talk.

But it's interesting, Elihu has been speaking for over 100 verses

at this point and he's not even let Job talk.

So he's starting to sound a lot like Job's other three miserable friends.

Basically criticizing Job with a lot of words for the way Job is multiplying his words

without knowledge.

At the same time, this verse is a good reminder to all of us

whether we are in Job's shoes walking through suffering

or whether we are alongside others who are walking through suffering

to be really careful and wise and humble with our words

to be careful not to open our mouths in empty talk

and multiply words without knowledge.

In other words to be very careful not to speak

as if we have it all figured out when part of God's purpose

in our suffering is to help us see that we don't have it all figured out

and we don't see everything that we don't know everything

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