Job 11:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 11

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²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

Job 11:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Job 18:2
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Psalms 140:11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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Bigotry Censoriousness Charitableness Criticism, Unjust Fault Finding Graces Ignorance Judging

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

FIRST SERIES. Job 11:1-20. First Speech of Zophar. 2. Zophar assails Job for his empty words, and indirectly, the two friends, for their weak reply. Taciturnity is highly prized among Orientals (Pr 10:8, 19).