Job 11:2 · KJV
“Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? {full...: Heb. of lips}”
— Job 11:2
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices}
Job 11 — Context
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? {full...: Heb. of lips}
3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices}
4For thou hast said, My doctrine {is} pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Cross References
Job 18:2
How long {will it be ere} ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips {is} wise.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Job 16:3
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? {vain...: Heb. words of wind}
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}. {an...: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow}
Acts 17:18
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. {babbler: or, base fellow}