Job 11:3
Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?
4And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'
Cross References
Job 13:4But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Job 15:2Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 21:3Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
Psalms 83:16(83-17) Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.
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 →