2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
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He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. …
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was serving Satan’s design in adding to Job’s affliction. I. He charges him with idle endless talk, as Eliphaz had done ( Job 15:2 , 3 ): How long will it be ere you make an end of words ? Job 18:2. Here he reflects, not only upon Job himself, but either…
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