Job 18:2
How long will it be before all of you make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
In Context
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Job 8:2How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Job 13:5O that all of you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Job 21:2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Proverbs 18:13He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:2-5
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was… Read the whole commentary →