Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
King James Version
In Context
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Cross References
Exodus 10:7And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
Job 6:9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 18:2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools 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 →