God’s Word Translation
Job 18:2
2“How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we’ll 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 from Shuah replied ⌞to Job⌟, “How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we’ll talk. 3Why do you think of us as cattle? Why are we considered stupid in your eyes? 4Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged?
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? How long will your words be so windy?
- Job 11:2“Shouldn’t someone answer this flood of words? Should a good public speaker be acquitted?
- Job 13:5I wish you would keep silent. For you, that would be wisdom.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like this before. You are all pathetic at comforting me.
- Job 3:5Let the darkness and long shadows claim it as their own. Let a dark cloud hang over it. Let the gloom terrify it.
- Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words, and let that be the comfort you offer me.
- Job 33:1“Please, Job, listen to my words and consider everything I say.
- Proverbs 18:13Whoever gives an answer before he listens is stupid and shameful.
- 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 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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