Job 18:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards 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

Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Proverbs 18:13

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

Job 33:1

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

Job 21:2

Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.

Job 11:2

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

Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary be at rest

Job 18:1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Job 18:3

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?