New International Version
Job 18:2
2“When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and 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.
- 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.
- 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 replied: “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. 3Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? 4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their 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 such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
- Job 11:2“Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?
- Job 13:5If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!
- Job 3:5May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm it.
- Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.
- Job 33:1“But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say.
- Proverbs 18:13To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.
- James 1:19My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
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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