Job 8:2
Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
3Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Cross References
Exodus 10:7Then Pharaohs seruants saide vnto him, How long shall he be an offence vnto vs? let the men go, that they may serue the Lord their God: wilt thou first knowe that Egypt is destroyed?
Job 6:9That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.
Job 7:11Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.
Job 15:2Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
Job 18:2When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.
Proverbs 1:22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
Matthew Henry on Job 8:2-8
The Address of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the… Read the whole commentary →