Ayub 35:16

35:16 So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; ¹ 

without knowledge he multiplies words.”

Ayub 38:2

38:2 “Who is this ²  who darkens counsel ³ 

with words without knowledge?

[35:16]  ¹ tn The word הֶבֶל (hevel) means “vanity; futility; to no purpose.”

[38:2]  ² tn The demonstrative pronoun is used here to emphasize the interrogative pronoun (see GKC 442 §136.c).

[38:2]  ³ sn The referent of “counsel” here is not the debate between Job and the friends, but the purposes of God (see Ps 33:10; Prov 19:21; Isa 19:17). Dhorme translates it “Providence.”