Job 11:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² “Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be vindicated?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk [and making such great professions] be pronounced free from guilt or blame?

American Standard Version (1901)

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

Common English Bible

² Should all these words go unanswered or a wordy man be justified?

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Will he who speaks much, not also listen? Or will a talkative man be justified?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? Or shall a man full of talk be justified?

Job 11:2 Cross References

Job 11:1

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

Job 15:2

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

Job 16:3

Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job 18:2

“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.

Job 8:2

“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?

Psalm 140:11

Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.

Acts 17:18

Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said, “What would this babbler say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

James 1:19

Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,