Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
New American Standard Bible
And a
King James Version
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Holman Bible
and such a talker
International Standard Version
"Shouldn't a multitude of words be answered, or a person who talks too much be vindicated?
American Standard Version
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Amplified
“Shall a multitude of words not be answered?
And should a talkative man [making such a long-winded defense] be acquitted?
Bible in Basic English
Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
Darby Translation
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall not the multitude of words be answered? and shall a man of lips be justified?
King James 2000
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Should an abundance of words go unanswered, or {a man full of talk} be vindicated?
Modern King James verseion
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Should not he that maketh many words, be answered? Should he that babbleth much, be commended therein?
NET Bible
"Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?
New Heart English Bible
"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
The Emphasized Bible
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
Webster
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
World English Bible
"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
Youngs Literal Translation
Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Themes
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Vain talk condemned
Speaking, evil » Vain talk condemned
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 11:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zophar's First Response To Job
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Names
Cross References
Job 18:2
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
Proverbs 10:19
Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.
Job 8:2
How long will thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?
Job 16:3
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes thee that thou answer?
Psalm 140:11
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Acts 17:18
And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, Whatever does this babbler want to say? But others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities, because he brought the good-news--Jesus and t
James 1:19
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.