Job 11:2
He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed is the short lived offspring of woman.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
3Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you?
Cross References
Job 16:3What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder you from answering?
Ecclesiastes 5:1Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.
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 →