Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said:—
3Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Cross References
Exodus 10:7Then said the servants of Pharaoh unto him, How long shall this [man] become to us a snare? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh their God. Not yet, knowest thou, that Egypt is, ruined?
Job 6:9That it would please GOD to crush me, That he would set free his hand, and cut me off!
Job 7:11I also, cannot restrain my mouth,—I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 15:2Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?
Job 18:2How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, 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 →