Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things, 1 How long shall the breath of thy mouth be abundant in words? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said, 1
3Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; 1 Or will he that has made all things pervert justice? 1
Cross References
Exodus 10:7And the servants of Pharaoh say to him, How long shall this be a snare to us? send away the men, that they may serve their God; wilt thou know that Egypt is destroyed?
Job 6:9Let the Lord begin and wound me, 1 But let him not utterly destroy me. 1
Job 7:11Then neither will I refrain my mouth: 1 I will speak being in distress; 1 Being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul. 1
Job 15:2Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? 1 And does he fill up the pain of his belly, 1
Job 18:2How long wilt thou continue? 1 Forbear, that we also may speak. 1
Proverbs 1:22So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: 1 But the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, 1 Having become ungodly have hated knowledge, 1 And are become subject to reproofs. 1
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 →