Parallel Verses
World English Bible
"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"When will ye make an end of your words? Mark well, and consider, we will speak also.
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.
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 Bildad the Shuhite answered, 2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
Phrases
Cross References
Job 3:5-6
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
Job 8:2
"How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
Job 11:2
"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 13:5-6
Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
Job 16:2-3
"I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
Job 21:2
"Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
Job 33:1
"However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
Proverbs 18:13
He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
James 1:19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;