Job 8:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
  • 1 Kgs 19:11 : 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake:
  • Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
  • Job 19:2-3 : 2 How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
  • Job 6:9 : 9 Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Exod 10:7 : 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
  • Job 7:11 : 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 11:2-3 : 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?

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