EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 18:2
2‘You should not continue to talk like that! Stop and think carefully. Then we can talk.
Job 18:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
- New International Version (NIV)“When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
Context of Job 18:2
1Then Bildad, the man from Shuah, replied. This is what he said: ‘You should not continue to talk like that! Stop and think carefully. Then we can talk. 3You should not think that we are as foolish as cows. 4You are so angry that you are hurting yourself. You will never change the way that things happen in the world. Your anger will not cause the earth to shake, or any rocks to move from their places.
Read all of Job 18Job 18:2 word by word
עַד־אָ֤נָה׀ תְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣י לְמִלִּ֑ין תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ וְאַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 18:2
- Job 8:2‘You should not continue to talk like this. Your words are like a wind that blows strongly.
- Job 11:2‘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 13:5It would be better if you said nothing. That would be a wise thing for you to do.
- Job 16:2‘I have heard all these things before. You are not making my troubles any better. You are making them worse!
- Job 3:5That day should remain in a dark shadow. Clouds should cover it so that everywhere is black.
- Job 21:2‘Listen carefully to the things that I am saying. You can only help me if you do that.
- Job 33:1‘But now, Job, listen to the things that I will tell you. Listen carefully to everything that I will say.
- Proverbs 18:13Listen carefully before you answer. If you answer too quickly, you will be ashamed like a fool.
- 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 18:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2How long will it be ere ye make an end - It is difficult to say to whom this address is made: being in the plural number, it can hardly be supposed to mean Job only. It probably means all present; as if he had said, It is vain to talk with this man, and follow him through all his quibbles: take notice of this, and then let us all deliver our sentiments fully to him, without paying any regard to his self-vindications. It must be owned that this is the plan…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? - It has been made a question to whom this is addressed. It is in the plural number, and it is not usual in Hebrew when addressing an individual to make use of the plural form. Some have supposed that it is addressed to Job and to Eliphaz, as being both “long-winded” and tedious in their remarks. Others have supposed that it refers to Job “and the members of his family,” who possibly interposed remarks, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3How long until you end these speeches?: Bildad spoke to Job as if addressing a group, possibly meaning "people like you."Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-21SECOND SERIES. 2. ye--the other two friends of Job, whom Bildad charges with having spoken mere "words," that is, empty speeches; opposed to "mark," that is, come to reason, consider the question intelligently; and then let us speak.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 18
- 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
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