Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Updated King James Version
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,
3Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldens you that you answer?
Psalms 140:11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, 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 →