Job 18:2

Tree of Life Version

“How long until you end these words? Consider, and then we will talk.

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Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger—

One who answers before listening— that is his folly and his shame.

“But now, Job, listen to my words and give ear to everything I say.

“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation.

“Should so many words go unanswered? Is a man justified by his lips?

“How long will you say these things? The words of your mouth are like a mighty wind.

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

Then, Bildad the Shuhite replied, saying:

Why are we regarded as beasts, and stupid in your eyes?