Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
3Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
Cross References
Exodus 10:7And Pharaoh's bondmen said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: dost thou not yet know that Egypt is ruined?
Job 6:9And that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 15:2Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
Job 18:2How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
Proverbs 1:22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Matthew Henry on Job 8:2-8
The Address of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the… Read the whole commentary →