Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
heap up—rather, "marshal together (an army of) words against you."
shake . . . head—in mockery; it means nodding, rather than shaking; nodding is not with us, as in the East, a gesture of scorn (Isaiah 37:22; Jeremiah 18:16; Matthew 27:39).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 16:4:
Job 16:16
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