Job 8:2
Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind — sayings of thy mouth?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —
3Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?
Cross References
Exodus 10:7And the servants of Pharaoh say unto him, 'Until when doth this [one] become a snare to us? send the men away, and they serve Jehovah their God; knowest thou not yet that Egypt hath perished?'
Job 6:9That God would please — and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
Job 7:11Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 15:2Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?
Job 18:2When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
Proverbs 1:22'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools 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 →