2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)It is sad to see what intemperate passions even wise and good men are sometimes betrayed into by the heat of disputation, of which Zophar here is an instance. Eliphaz began with a very modest preface, Job 4:2. Bildad was a little more rough upon Job, Job 8:2. But Zophar falls upon him without mercy, and gives him very bad language: Should a man full of talk be justified? And should thy lies make m…
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