Job 11:2
“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
World English Bible British
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 Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
3Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Psalms 140:11An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
James 1:19So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
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 →