Job 11:3
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
In Context
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
4For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Cross References
Job 13:4But ye are forgers of lies. Ye are all physicians of no value.
Job 15:2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
Job 21:3Allow me, and I also will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water,
Psalms 83:16Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man does not obey our word by this letter, note that man, and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
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 →