Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"When will ye make an end of your words? Mark well, and consider, we will speak also.
New American Standard Bible
Show understanding and then we can talk.
King James Version
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Holman Bible
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.
A Conservative Version
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
American Standard Version
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
Amplified
“How long will you hunt for words and continue these speeches?
Do some clear thinking and show understanding and then we can talk.
Bible in Basic English
How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.
Darby Translation
How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
Julia Smith Translation
How long will ye set an end to words? Ye shall understand, and afterwards we will speak.
King James 2000
How long will it be before you make an end of words? consider, and afterwards we will speak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{How long} {will you hunt for words}? Consider, and afterward we shall speak.
Modern King James verseion
Until when will you set a snare for words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.
NET Bible
"How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.
New Heart English Bible
"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
The Emphasized Bible
How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.
Webster
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
World English Bible
"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
Youngs Literal Translation
When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 "When will ye make an end of your words? Mark well, and consider, we will speak also. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed so vile in your sight?
Phrases
Cross References
Job 3:5-6
but let it be stained with darkness, and the shadow of death. Let the dim cloud fall upon it, and let it be lapped in with sorrow.
Job 3:17
There, must the wicked cease from their tyranny, there such as are overlaboured be at rest.
Job 8:2
"How long wilt thou talk of such things? How long shall thy mouth speak so proud words?
Job 11:2
"Should not he that maketh many words, be answered? Should he that babbleth much, be commended therein?
Job 13:5-6
Would God ye kept your tongue, that ye might be taken for wise men!
Job 16:2-3
"I have oft times heard such things. Miserable givers of comfort are ye, all the sort of you.
Job 21:2
"O hear my words, and amend yourselves.
Job 33:1
Therefore hear my words, O Job, and hearken unto all that I will say:
Proverbs 18:13
He that giveth sentence in a matter before he hear it, is a fool, and worthy to be confounded.
James 1:19
Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.