Job 11:2

WEB

²“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

KJV

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

BSB

²“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

FBV

²“So many words should be answered, shouldn't they? Or is a person proved right by doing a lot of talking?

Extra References

James 1:19

¹⁹So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Proverbs 10:19

¹⁹In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Job 18:2

²“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

Job 16:3

³Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Psalms 140:11

¹¹An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

¹⁸Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also^[+] were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Job 8:2

²“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?