Job 18:2
Ad anah (Until when, how long) will it be ere ye make an end of words? 1 Gain binah, and afterwards we will speak. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 answered Bildad the Shuchi, and said, 1
3Why are we counted as behemah (cattle), 1 and reputed stupid in your sight? 1
Cross References
Job 3:5As for that lailah, 1 let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the yamim of the shanah, 1 let it not come into the number of the months. 1
Job 8:2How long wilt thou speak these things? 1 And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a raging ruach (wind)? 1
Job 13:5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! 1 And it should be your chochmah. 1
Job 21:2Hear diligently my speech, 1 and let this be your tanechumot (consolations). 1
Proverbs 18:13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, 1 it is folly and kelimmah (reproach, shame) unto him. 1
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 →