Job 18:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:5-6 : 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As [for] that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
  • Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
  • Job 11:2 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
  • Job 13:5-6 : 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
  • Job 16:2-3 : 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
  • Job 21:2 : 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 ¶ Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 ¶ He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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