American Standard Version
Job 11:2
2Should not the multitude of words be answered?And should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 11:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
- New International Version (NIV)“Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be vindicated?
Context of Job 11:2
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? 3Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.
Read all of Job 11Job 11:2 word by word
הֲרֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְאִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 11:2
- Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
- Job 18:2How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
- Psalms 140:11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.
- Acts 17:18And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
- James 1:19Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Commentaries on Job 11:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Should not the multitude of words be answered? - Some translate, "To multiply words profiteth nothing." And should a man full of talk be justified - שפתים איש ish sephathayim, "a man of lips," a proper appellation for a great talker: he is "a man of lips," i.e., his lips are the only active parts of his system.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Should not the multitude of words be answered? - As if all that Job had said had been mere words; or as if he was remarkable for mere garrulity. And should a man full of talk be justified - Margin, as in Hebrew “of lips.” The phrase is evidently a Hebraism, to denote a great talker - a man of mere lips, or empty sound. Zophar asks whether such a man could be justified or vindicated. It will be recollected that taciturnity was with the Orientals a much…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3This stream of words: Those who are foolish and those who sin often talk too much, but Job was innocent (Proverbs 10:8, 14; Proverbs 10:19). Will you scoff without rebuke?: Zophar thought Job's comments were full of sin because he was making fun of God's justice (Job 10:2–7, 13–15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-20FIRST SERIES. 2. Zophar assails Job for his empty words, and indirectly, the two friends, for their weak reply. Taciturnity is highly prized among Orientals (Pr 10:8, 19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 11
- 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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