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

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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