Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Revised Version 1895
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 answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Psalms 140:11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
James 1:19Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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 →