Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? 1 And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a raging ruach (wind)? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then answered Bildad the Shuchi, and said, 1
3Doth El pervert mishpat (justice)? 1 Or doth Shaddai pervert tzedek? 1
Cross References
Exodus 10:7And Pharaohʼs avadim said unto him, How long shall this man be a mokesh (snare) unto us? Let the anashim go, that they may serve Hashem Eloheihem; knowest thou not yet that Mitzrayim is destroyed?
Job 6:9Even that it would please Eloah to crush me; 1 that He would let loose His yad, and cut me off! 1
Job 7:11Therefore I will not curb my mouth; 1 I will speak in the anguish of my ruach; 1 I will complain in the mar (bitterness) of my nefesh. 1
Job 15:2Should a chacham (wise man) utter vain knowledge, 1 and fill his inner being with the east wind? 1
Job 18:2Ad anah (Until when, how long) will it be ere ye make an end of words? 1 Gain binah, and afterwards we will speak. 1
Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1
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 →