Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips 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?
A Conservative Version
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
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?
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 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: -- 2 Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified? 3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
Names
Cross References
Job 18:2
When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
Proverbs 10:19
In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.
Job 8:2
Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth?
Job 16:3
Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?
Psalm 140:11
A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
Acts 17:18
And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,
James 1:19
So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,