Job 18:2
When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
Young's Literal Translation
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
1And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —
3Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
Job 8:2Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind — sayings of thy mouth?
Job 13:5O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
Job 21:2Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
Proverbs 18:13Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
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 →