Job 18:2
“When will you stop your talk? 1 Consider, and afterwards we will speak. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, 1
3Why are we regarded as beasts, stupid in your sight? 1
Cross References
Job 3:5May darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. 1 May a cloud live over it; 1 may everything that makes the day black truly terrify it. 1
Job 8:2“How long will you say these things? 1 How long will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? 1
Job 13:5Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! 1 That would be your wisdom. 1
Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words, 1 and let this be the comfort you offer to me. 1
Proverbs 18:13One who answers before listening— 1 it is his folly and shame. 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 →