Job 18:2
When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
3Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?
Cross References
Job 3:5But let darkenesse, and the shadowe of death staine it: let the cloude remayne vpon it, and let them make it fearefull as a bitter day.
Job 8:2Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
Job 13:5Oh, that you woulde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisedome!
Job 21:2Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
Proverbs 18:13He that answereth a matter before hee heare it, it is folly and shame vnto him.
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 →