Job 4:2

American Standard Version (1901)

If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:18-20 : 18 For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
  • 2 Cor 2:4-6 : 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you. 5 But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all. 6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;
  • 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret [it] (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season), 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  • Jer 6:11 : 11 Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot [contain] .

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  • 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

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    1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

    2 How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

  • Job 22:1-2
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    1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

    2 Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

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  • 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

  • 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Job 16:3-6
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    3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

    4 I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

    5 [ But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief] .

    6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?

  • Job 33:31-33
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    31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

    32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

    33 If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

  • Job 11:2-3
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    2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

    3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • 5 But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,

  • Job 15:11-13
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    11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

    12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

    13 That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

  • 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

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  • Job 15:3-4
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    3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

    4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

  • 19 Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

  • 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

  • 5 If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

    9 What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

  • 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

  • 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

  • 22 Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • 4 I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.

  • 2 Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

  • Job 8:1-2
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    1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

    2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?

  • 14 For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • 34 Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:

  • 3 If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

  • 2 How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

  • 15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  • 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

  • 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

  • 1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,

  • 2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.

  • 14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him?

  • 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

  • 7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

  • 2 Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.