Job 8 · Verse 2

Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Job 8:2, King James Version

Job 8:2 in other translations

BSB“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
WEB“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
ASVHow long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
YLTTill when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind--sayings of thy mouth?
DARBYHow long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
BBEHow long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
WebsterHow long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

What does Job 8:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
FIRST SERIES--FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD, MORE SEVERE AND COARSE THAN THAT OF ELIPHAZ.

Job 8:1-22. The Address of Bildad.

2. like a ... wind?--disregarding restraints, and daring against God.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? - Wilt thou still go on to charge God foolishly? Thy heavy affliction proves that thou art under his wrath; and his wrath, thus manifested, proves that it is for thy sins that he punisheth thee. Be like a strong wind? - The Arabic, with which the Syriac agrees, is (Syriac) rucholazomati, the spirit of pride. Wilt thou continue to breathe forth a tempest of words? This is more literal.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 8:1-7

Job spake much to the purpose; but Bildad, like an eager, angry disputant, turns it all off with this, How long wilt thou speak these things? Men's meaning is not taken aright, and then they are rebuked, as if they were evil-doers. Even in disputes on religion, it is too common to treat others with sharpness, and their arguments with contempt. Bildad's discourse shows that he had not a favourable opinion of Job's…

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Job 8:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
אָ֥ן'anwhen?H575
תְּמַלֶּל\־te.ma.lel-will you sayH4448
אֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428
וְר֥וּחַve.Ru.achand [will be] a windH7307
כַּ֝בִּירKa.birmightyH3524
אִמְרֵי\־'im.rei-[the] words ofH561
פִֽיךָ\׃Fi.khamouth yourH6310

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 8:2

  • Job 6:26

    Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

  • Job 15:2

    Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

  • 1 Kings 19:11

    And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

  • Job 7:11

    Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 18:2

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

  • Job 11:2-3

    Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • Job 6:9

    Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

  • Exodus 10:7

    And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

  • Job 16:3

    Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

  • Exodus 10:3

    And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Proverbs 1:22

    How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  • Job 19:2-3

    How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How long.
11:2,3; 16:3; 18:2; 19:2,3; Ex 10:3,7; Pr 1:22
the words.
6:9,26; 7:11; 15:2; 1Ki 19:11

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Context

  • Job 8:1

    Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

  • Job 8:2

    How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

  • Job 8:3

    Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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Job 8:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Hasta cuándo hablarás tales cosas, y las palabras de tu boca serán como un viento fuerte?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jusques à quand diras-tu ces choses, et les paroles de ta bouche seront-elles un vent impétueux?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wie lange willst du solches reden, und sollen die Worte deines Mundes ungestümer Wind sein?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Usquequo loqueris talia, et spiritus multiplex sermones oris tui?