Job 11:2
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said:—
Cross References
Job 16:3Is there to be an end to windy words? Or what so strongly exciteth thee, that thou must respond?
Psalms 140:11As for the slanderer, let him not be established in the earth,—As for the man of wrongful violence, let misfortune hunt him with thrust upon thrust.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice,—for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.
James 1:19Ye know, my brethren beloved,—but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
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 →