Job 11:2
Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
In Context
1Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said.
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall there be any end to words of wind? or what compelleth thee that thou shouldst answer?
Psalms 140:11(140:12) Let not the man of an [evil] tongue be established on the earth: may evil hunt down the violent man to his downfall.
Ecclesiastes 5:1(4:17) Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
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 →