Job 18:2

The Scriptures 1998

“When do you put an end to words? Understand, and let us then talk.

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So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,

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

“And yet, O Iyoḇ

“Listen closely to my word, and let this be your comfort.

“Should a multitude of words go un-answered? And should a man of lips be declared right?

“How long are you going to speak like this, since the words of your mouth are a strong wind?

There the wrong cease raging, and there the weary are at rest,

And Bildaḏ

Why should we be reckoned as beasts, as stupid in your eyes?