Job 18:2
How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
In Context
1Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
3Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?
Cross References
Job 3:5Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.
Job 8:2How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Job 13:5If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!
Job 21:2Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.
Proverbs 18:13To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:2-5
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was… Read the whole commentary →