Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1The Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
3Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
Cross References
Exodus 10:7And Pharao's servants said to him: How long shall we endure this scandal? let the men go to sacrifice to the Lord their God. Dost thou not see that Egypt is undone?
Job 6:9And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?
Job 7:11Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.
Job 15:2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
Job 18:2How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.
Proverbs 1:22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise 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 →