Job 18:2
How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
Darby Translation
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
1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
Job 8:2How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
Job 13:5Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
Job 21:2Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
Proverbs 18:13He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.
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 →