Job 11:3
Should thy vain talk silence men, 1 so that thou mockest, v'ein machlim (without anyone putting thee to shame)? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
In Context
Cross References
Job 13:4But ye are forgers of sheker, 1 ye are all rofim (physicians) of no value. 1
Job 15:2Should a chacham (wise man) utter vain knowledge, 1 and fill his inner being with the east wind? 1
Job 21:3Bear with me that I may speak; 1 and achar (after) that I have spoken, mock on. 1
Job 34:7What gever is like Iyov, 1 who drinketh up the scorn [of his friends] like mayim? 1
Psalms 83:16So pursue them with Thy sa'ar (tempest, storm), 1 and make them afraid with Thy storm. 1
2 Thessalonians 3:14But if anyone does not obey the gzeira (injunction) in this iggeret hakodesh (holy letter), take special notice of that one; do not have chavrusashaft (association) with him, for the tachlis (purpose) of stirring him with a sense of bushah (shame).
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 →