Job 11:3
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
In Context
2Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
4Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
Cross References
Job 13:4For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you!
Job 15:2Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?
Job 21:3Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock!
Job 34:7What man is like Job? He drinketh in scoffing like water;
Psalms 83:16Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;
2 Thessalonians 3:14And, if anyone be not giving ear unto our word through means of this letter, on this one, set a mark—not to be mixing yourselves up with him,—that he may be reproved;
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 →