Job 11:2

New English Translation

“Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?

Cross References

Job 11:1

Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:

Job 15:2

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

Job 16:3

Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job 18:2

“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

Job 8:2

“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

Psalm 140:11

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

Proverbs 10:19

When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.

Acts 17:18

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.” (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

James 1:19

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.