Contradiction with Proverbs 25:11
This verse speaks of a word fitly spoken being like apples of gold, indicating that well-chosen words are valuable and beautiful, while Job 16:5 is Job expressing that comforting words fail to ease his pain.
Proverbs 25:11: A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver. [fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels]
Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:11
This verse encourages believers to comfort and edify one another, whereas Job 16:5 implies that attempts at comfort are ineffective for him.
1 Thessalonians 5:11: Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. [comfort: or, exhort]
Contradiction with Proverbs 12:25
This verse states that a good word can make a heart glad, contrasting with Job 16:5, where Job suggests that comforting words do not alleviate his suffering.
Proverbs 12:25: Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Contradiction with Isaiah 50:4
This verse describes the ability to speak a word in season to help the weary, whereas Job 16:5 expresses a sense of personal frustration with ineffective comfort.
Isaiah 50:4: The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Contradiction with Colossians 4:6
This verse instructs speech to be always with grace, suggesting a positive use of words, unlike Job 16:5, where he dismisses the value of comforting words in his distress.
Colossians 4:6: Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.