Job 18:2
“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
In Context
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
Cross References
Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
Job 13:5If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
Proverbs 18:13He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:2-5
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was… Read the whole commentary →