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Job 8:2
2“How long will you say these things? And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
Job 8:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
- New International Version (NIV)“How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Context of Job 8:2
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, “How long will you say these things? And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? 3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? 4If your children have sinned against Him, Then He has handed them over to the power of their transgression and punished them.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:2 word by word
עַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 8:2
- Job 11:2“Shall a multitude of words not be answered? And should a talkative man [making such a long-winded defense] be acquitted?
- Job 16:3Is there no end to [your futile] words of wind? Or what plagues you [so much] that you [so boldly] answer [me like this]?
- Job 18:2“How long will you hunt for words and continue these speeches? Do some clear thinking and show understanding and then we can talk.
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment and exasperate me And crush me with words?
- Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning? How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing, How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
- Job 6:9I wish that it would please God to crush me, That He would let loose His hand and cut me off.
- Job 7:11“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord].
- Job 15:2“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard] And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
- 1 Kings 19:11So He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by, and a great and powerful wind was tearing out the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, [there was] an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
Commentaries on Job 8:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2How long wilt thou speak these things? - Wilt thou still go on to charge God foolishly? Thy heavy affliction proves that thou art under his wrath; and his wrath, thus manifested, proves that it is for thy sins that he punisheth thee. Be like a strong wind? - The Arabic, with which the Syriac agrees, is (Syriac) rucholazomati, the spirit of pride. Wilt thou continue to breathe forth a tempest of words? This is more literal.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2How long wilt thou speak these things? - The flyings of murmuring and complaint, such as he had uttered in the previous chapters. The words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? - The Syriac and Arabic (according to Walton) render this, “the spirit of pride fill thy mouth.” The Septuagint renders it, “The spirit of thy mouth is profuse of words” - ̓̔͂ polurrēmon But the common rendering is undoubtedly correct, and the expression is a very strong and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2How long: Bildad might have meant make fun of Job using a similar question (see 7:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22FIRST SERIES--FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD, MORE SEVERE AND COARSE THAN THAT OF ELIPHAZ. 2. like a ... wind?--disregarding restraints, and daring against God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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