Cross References

Job 18:2

New English Translation

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

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

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

“Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me.

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

“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

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

The one who gives an answer before he listens – that is his folly and his shame.

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