Job 18:2 "When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

◄ Job 18:2 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
"When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

English Standard Version
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.

New American Standard Bible
"How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk.

King James Bible
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

International Standard Version
"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk.

American Standard Version
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

Douay-Rheims Bible
How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.

Darby Bible Translation
How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

Young's Literal Translation
When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

18:1-4 Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Job shut out the providence of God from the management of human affairs, because he would not admit himself to be wicked.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. ye—the other two friends of Job, whom Bildad charges with having spoken mere "words," that is, empty speeches; opposed to "mark," that is, come to reason, consider the question intelligently; and then let us speak.