Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? and [let] like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
3Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Cross References
Exodus 10:7And the servants of Pharaoh said unto him, How long shall this man be unto us for a snare? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
Job 6:9Yea, that it would please God that he might crush me: that he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
Job 7:11Therefore will I also 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 utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
Job 18:2When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools 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 →