Job 16:4

“I also could speak as ye [do], etc.] As big words, with as high a tone, with as stiff a neck, and as haughtily and loftily; or “ought I to speak as you do” f643? that I ought not, nor would you think I ought, if you were in my case; or, being so, “would I speak as you do” f644? no, I would not, my conscience would not suffer me: if your soul were in my soul’s stead; in the same afflicted state and condition, in the same distressed case and circumstances; not that he wished it, as some render the words, for a good man will not wish hurt to another; only he supposes this, as it was a case supposable, and not impossible to be a fact, some time or another, in this state of uncertainty and…”

“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 (Isa 37:22; Jer 18:16; Mat 27:39).”

“I also could speak as ye do - In the same reproachful manner, and stringing together old proverbs and maxims as you have. If your soul were in my soul’s stead - If you were in my place. The idea is, that there is no difficulty in finding arguments to overwhelm the afflicted - a truth which most persons who have been unfortunate, have had opportunity to experience. I could heap up words against you - Or, rather, “I could string together words against you.” The idea is not that of heaping up, or accumulating; it is that of tying together, or uniting; and refers here to stringing together old maxims, saws, and proverbs, in the form of a set argument or discourse. The idea of Job is, that their…”

“16:4 Job might have wanted to shake his head in mockery or in horror (2 Kgs 19:21; Pss 22:7; 109:25; Isa 37:22; Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15; Matt 27:39).”

“if your soul: Job 6:2-5, Job 6:14; Mat 7:12; Rom 12:15; Co1 12:26 up words: Job 11:2, Job 35:16; Pro 10:19; Ecc 10:14 shake mine: Kg2 19:21; Psa 22:7, Psa 44:14, Psa 109:25; Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15; Mat 27:39, Mat 27:40 Job 16:5”