New English Translation
Job 8:2
2“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?
Job 8:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
- New International Version (NIV)“How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Context of Job 8:2
1Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said: “How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind? 3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:2 word by word
עַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:2
- Job 11:2“Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?
- Job 16:3Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
- Job 18:2“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
- Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
- Job 6:9And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
- Job 7:11“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 15:2“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
- 1 Kings 19:11The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.” A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
Commentaries on Job 8:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2How long wilt thou speak these things? - Wilt thou still go on to charge God foolishly? Thy heavy affliction proves that thou art under his wrath; and his wrath, thus manifested, proves that it is for thy sins that he punisheth thee. Be like a strong wind? - The Arabic, with which the Syriac agrees, is (Syriac) rucholazomati, the spirit of pride. Wilt thou continue to breathe forth a tempest of words? This is more literal.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2How long wilt thou speak these things? - The flyings of murmuring and complaint, such as he had uttered in the previous chapters. The words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? - The Syriac and Arabic (according to Walton) render this, “the spirit of pride fill thy mouth.” The Septuagint renders it, “The spirit of thy mouth is profuse of words” - ̓̔͂ polurrēmon But the common rendering is undoubtedly correct, and the expression is a very strong and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2How long: Bildad might have meant make fun of Job using a similar question (see 7:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22FIRST SERIES--FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD, MORE SEVERE AND COARSE THAN THAT OF ELIPHAZ. 2. like a ... wind?--disregarding restraints, and daring against God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- 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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