Job 11:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 18:2 : 2 “How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 “How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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    1Zophar’s First Speech to Job Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:

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    3Should people remain silent at your idle talk, and should no one rebuke you when you mock?

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    3Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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    1Zophar’s Second Speech Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

    2“This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back– because of my feelings within me.

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    1Eliphaz’s Second Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

    2“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

    3Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

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    1Bildad’s Second Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

    2“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

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    1Bildad’s First Speech to Job Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:

    2“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

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    1Eliphaz Begins to Speak Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

    2“If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

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    2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

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    20Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!

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    16So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

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    3Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.

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    32If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.

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    14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

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    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

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    25How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

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    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

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    7I said to myself,‘Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.’

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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.

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    32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.