Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 18:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? Mark, and afterwards we will speak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How long will you lay snares for words and have to hunt for your argument? Do some clear thinking, and then we will reply. American Standard Version (1901) How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. Common English Bible How long? Would you all stop talking. Try to understand and then we can speak. Catholic Public Domain Version How long will you throw around words? Understand first, and then let us speak. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How long will you throw out words? Understand first, and so let us speak. |
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?
How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: