Job 18:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

How long will it be before you make an end of words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

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  • Job 3:5-6 : 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize it; let it not be included among 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; there the weary are at rest.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you speak these things, and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
  • Job 11:2 : 2 Should not the abundance of words be answered? And should a talkative man be justified?
  • Job 13:5-6 : 5 Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
  • Job 16:2-3 : 2 I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all. 3 Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer?
  • Job 21:2 : 2 Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your comfort.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 Therefore, Job, I beg you, listen to my speeches, and pay attention to all my words.
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 8:1-2
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    83%

    1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

    2How long will you speak these things, and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

  • Job 18:1
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    1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

  • Job 16:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1Then Job answered and said,

    2I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.

    3Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer?

  • Job 19:1-2
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    76%

    1Then Job answered and said,

    2How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?

  • Job 4:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

    2If we attempt to speak with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

  • Job 11:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

    2Should not the abundance of words be answered? And should a talkative man be justified?

    3Should your lies silence men? And when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

  • Job 18:3
    74%

    3Why are we counted as beasts, and considered vile in your sight?

  • Job 25:1
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    1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

  • Job 33:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.

    32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

  • Job 38:2
    70%

    2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

  • Job 32:11
    70%

    11Behold, I waited for your words; I listened to your reasoning while you sought what to say.

  • Job 36:2
    70%

    2Allow me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

  • Job 21:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your comfort.

    3Allow me to speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

  • Job 6:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25How forcible are right words! But what does your arguing reprove?

    26Do you imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one who is desperate, which are as wind?

  • Job 32:7
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    7I said, Let days speak, and multitude of years teach wisdom.

  • Job 37:20
    69%

    20Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speaks, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • Job 15:12-13
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    12Why does your heart carry you away, and what do your eyes wink at,

    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Job 15:3
    69%

    3Should he argue with unprofitable talk, or with speeches that do no good?

  • Job 32:14
    68%

    14Now he has not directed his words against me, nor will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 34:16
    68%

    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Job 33:1
    68%

    1Therefore, Job, I beg you, listen to my speeches, and pay attention to all my words.

  • Job 34:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1Furthermore, Elihu answered and said,

    2Hear my words, O you wise men; and listen to me, you who have knowledge.

  • Job 40:5
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    5Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

  • Job 21:5
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    5Look at me and be astonished, and place your hand over your mouth.

  • Job 35:16
    67%

    16Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

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    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

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    4Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me.

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    5Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom.

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    20Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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    4Do you not know this of old, since man was placed on earth,

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    34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.

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    1Moreover, Job continued his speech and said,

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    67%

    10Will they not teach you, and tell you, and speak words from their heart?

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    67%

    2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God, for God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

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    67%

    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let happen to me what will.

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    38When the dust hardens into clumps, and the clods cling together?