“How long until you end these words? Consider, and then we will talk.
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? Mark, and afterwards we will speak.
How long will you lay snares for words and have to hunt for your argument? Do some clear thinking, and then we will reply.
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
How long? Would you all stop talking. Try to understand and then we can speak.
How long will you throw around words? Understand first, and then let us speak.
How long will you throw out words? Understand first, and so let us speak.
“Should so many words go unanswered? Is a man justified by his lips?
Then, Bildad the Shuhite replied, saying:
Why are we regarded as beasts, and stupid in your eyes?
“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation.
There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
“But now, Job, listen to my words and give ear to everything I say.
“How long will you say these things? The words of your mouth are like a mighty wind.
One who answers before listening— that is his folly and his shame.
Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger—