Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of devarim be answered? 1 And should an ish full of talk yitzdak (be justified)? 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 answered Tzophar the Na'amati, and said, 1
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall divrei ruach (vain words) have an end? 1 Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? 1
Psalms 140:11Let burning coals fall upon them; 1 let them be cast into the eish; 1 into mahamorot (watery pits), that they rise not up again. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:1Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine lev be hasty to utter any thing before HaElohim; for HaElohim is in Shomayim, and thou upon ha'aretz; therefore let thy devarim be few.
James 1:19Have da'as of this, my beloved Achim b'Moshiach. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to ka'as (anger). + 1:19 Prov 10:19
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 →