Job 16:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. 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 ( ; ; ).

‏ Job 16:4

4. 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 (Is 37:22; Jr 18:16; Mt 27:39).