Verse 2

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

Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:5-6 : 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it! 6 That night– let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!
  • Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 “How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?
  • Job 11:2 : 2 “Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?
  • Job 13:5-6 : 5 If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6 “Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.
  • Job 16:2-3 : 2 “I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all! 3 Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
  • Job 21:2 : 2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 The one who gives an answer before he listens– that is his folly and his shame.
  • 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.