Job 11:2
הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם ־ אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
In Context
1וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃
3בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם ׃
Cross References
Job 16:3הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי ־ רוּחַ אוֹ מַה ־ יַּמְרִֽיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶֽה ׃
Psalms 140:11ימיטו עֲלֵיהֶם גֶּֽחָלִים בָּאֵשׁ יַפִּלֵם בְּמַהֲמֹרוֹת בַּֽל ־ יָקֽוּמוּ ׃
Ecclesiastes 5:1אַל ־ תְּבַהֵל עַל ־ פִּיךָ וְלִבְּךָ אַל ־ יְמַהֵר לְהוֹצִיא דָבָר לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם וְאַתָּה עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ עַֽל ־ כֵּן יִהְיוּ דְבָרֶיךָ מְעַטִּֽים ׃
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 →