Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak such things? How long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
3Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?
Cross References
Job 6:9That it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
Job 7:11Therefore I will 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 answer with arguments of wind, Or fill his bosom with the east wind?
Job 18:2How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? How long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, 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 →