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Job 11:2
2‘Someone must answer all these words that you have spoken. You have talked a lot, but that does not mean that you are right.
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
1Job's friend Zophar, who came from Naamah, decided to speak. He said this to Job: ‘Someone must answer all these words that you have spoken. You have talked a lot, but that does not mean that you are right. 3Your proud words will not cause other people to say nothing. We must make you ashamed when you laugh at us. 4You have said, “The things that I teach are true. God knows that I am a good man.”
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הֲרֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְאִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 11:2
- Job 16:3Please stop speaking useless words. Why do you talk to me like that?
- Job 18:2‘You should not continue to talk like that! Stop and think carefully. Then we can talk.
- Psalms 140:11People who tell cruel lies should not live in our land. Trouble will happen to people who like to fight. Bad trouble will knock them down!
- Proverbs 10:19If you talk too much, you will soon do something wrong. But if you are wise, you will stop talking.
- Acts 17:18There were some teachers there who liked to talk about the things that people should believe. Some of them were called Epicureans and some were called Stoics. After they talked to Paul, some of them said to each other, ‘Who is this silly man? He knows nothing and he talks too much!’ But some of these teachers said, ‘We think that he is talking about strange gods.’ They said this because Paul was telling people the good news about Jesus. He was also talking about the time when God will cause dead people to live again.
- James 1:19Understand this, my Christian friends: We must all be careful to listen. We should not be too quick to speak. We should not get angry quickly.
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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