Job 11:2
“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
Majority Standard Bible
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 Zophar the Naamathite replied:
3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Cross References
Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Psalms 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
James 1:19So then, my beloved brothers, everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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 →