Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
In Context
1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,
3Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes thee that thou answer?
Psalms 140:11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they know not that they do evil.
James 1:19Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Matthew Henry on Job 11:2-7
The Address of Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know… Read the whole commentary →