Job 11:3
Will men be silent only for you? And when you have mocked others, will no one refute you?
Catholic Public Domain 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
2Will he who speaks much, not also listen? Or will a talkative man be justified?
4For you said: “My word is pure, and I am clean in your sight.”
Cross References
Job 13:4having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings.
Job 15:2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?
Job 21:3Permit me, and I will speak, and afterwards, if you see fit, you can laugh at my words.
Job 34:7What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,
2 Thessalonians 3:14But if anyone does not obey our word by this epistle, take note of him and do not keep company 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 →