Job Chapter 11 verse 2 Holy Bible
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
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Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
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"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
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Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Should not the multitude of words be answered? A "multitude of words" is often reproved in Scripture, and taken as a sign of either folly (Ecclesiastes 5:8) or sin (Proverbs 10:19). Job had certainly been somewhat unduly verbose, and laid himself open to the taunt here launched against him; but neither had brevity been studied by his other friends in their previous answers (ch. 4, 5, and 8.), nor is it greatly studied by Zophar here. And should a man full of talk be justified? literally, a man of lips which may mean either "a great talker" or "a man who makes many professions." There is a widespread prejudice against a great orator, and a widespread notion that a good cause does net need many words.
