Job 18:2

Modern English Version

“How long will it be until you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterwards we will speak.

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Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.

“Therefore, Job, I pray, hear my speeches, and listen to all my words.

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

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

“How long will you speak these things, and the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

There the wicked will have stopped causing trouble, and there the exhausted will rest.

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

Why are we counted as beasts and regarded as stupid in your sight?