English Standard Version
Job 18:2
2"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!
Context of Job 18:2
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. 3Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? 4You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
Read all of Job 18Job 18:2 word by word
עַד־אָ֤נָה׀ תְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣י לְמִלִּ֑ין תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ וְאַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 18:2
- Job 8:2"How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
- Job 11:2"Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?
- Job 13:5Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
- Job 16:2"I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.
- Job 3:5Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- Job 21:2"Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort.
- Job 33:1"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
- Proverbs 18:13If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
- James 1:19Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
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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