Job 18:2
How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!
Noyes 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
1Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
3Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death redeem it; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let whatever darkeneth the day terrify it!
Job 8:2How long wilt thou speak such things? How long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Job 13:5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! This, truly, would be wisdom in you.
Job 21:2Hear attentively my words, And let this be your consolation.
Proverbs 18:13He who answereth a matter before he hath heard it, It is folly and shame 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 →