Job 18:2
How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
3Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
Job 8:2How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Job 13:5And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men..
Job 21:2Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
Proverbs 18:13He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.
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 →