God’s Word Translation
Job 11:2
2“Shouldn’t someone answer this flood of words? Should a good public speaker be acquitted?
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 Zophar from Naama replied ⌞to Job⌟, “Shouldn’t someone answer this flood of words? Should a good public speaker be acquitted? 3Should your empty talk silence others so that you can make fun of us without any shame? 4You say, ‘My teaching is morally correct,’ and, ‘As you can see, I’m innocent.’
Read all of Job 11Job 11:2 word by word
הֲרֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְאִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 11:2
- Job 16:3Will ⌞your⌟ long-winded speeches never end? What disturbs you that you keep on answering ⌞me⌟?
- Job 18:2“How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we’ll talk.
- Psalms 140:11Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.
- Proverbs 10:19Sin is unavoidable when there is much talk, but whoever seals his lips is wise.
- Acts 17:18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers had discussions with him. Some asked, “What is this babbling fool trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be speaking about foreign gods.” The philosophers said these things because Paul was telling the Good News about Jesus and saying that people would come back to life.
- James 1:19Remember this, my dear brothers and sisters: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and should not get angry easily.
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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