Job 18:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? Mark, and afterwards we will speak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

Common English Bible

² How long? Would you all stop talking. Try to understand and then we can speak.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² How long will you throw around words? Understand first, and then let us speak.

Job 18:2 Cross References

James 1:19

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

Proverbs 18:13

If one gives answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Job 33:1

“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

Job 21:2

“Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation.

Job 11:2

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

Job 8:2

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

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

Job 18:1

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

Job 18:3

Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?