Job 11:3
Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?
Bible in Basic English
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
2Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
4You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.
Cross References
Job 13:4But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value.
Job 15:2Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?
Job 21:3Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.
Job 34:7What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
Psalms 83:16\83:15\So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.
2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.
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 →