Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?
Psalms 140:11For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.
James 1:19Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
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 →