Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Should your boasts and babble silence men?
And shall you scoff and no one put you to shame?
New American Standard Bible
And shall you
King James Version
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Holman Bible
so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?
International Standard Version
Will your irrational babble silence people, and when you mock them, will you escape without being shamed?
A Conservative Version
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?
American Standard Version
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Bible in Basic English
Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?
Darby Translation
Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall thy empty talks cause men to be silent? and wilt thou deride and none making ashamed?
King James 2000
Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Should your loose talk put people to silence? {And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame}?
Modern King James verseion
Should your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make you ashamed?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Should men give ear unto thee only? Thou wilt laugh other men to scorn; and shall nobody mock thee again?
NET Bible
Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
New Heart English Bible
Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
The Emphasized Bible
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
Webster
Should thy falsehoods make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
World English Bible
Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
Youngs Literal Translation
Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 11:3
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Context Readings
Zophar's First Response To Job
2
“Shall a multitude of words not be answered?
And should a talkative man [making such a long-winded defense] be acquitted?
“Should your boasts and babble silence men?
And shall you scoff and no one put you to shame?
“For you have said, ‘My teaching (doctrine) [that God knowingly afflicts the righteous] is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’
Cross References
Job 17:2
“Surely there are mockers and mockery with me,
And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.
Job 12:4
“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
Job 13:4
“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.
Job 13:9
“Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
Job 15:2-3
“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]
And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
Job 21:3
“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
Job 24:25
“And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar
And make my speech worthless?”
Job 34:7
“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,
Psalm 35:16
Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].
Psalm 83:16
Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O Lord.
Jeremiah 15:17
I did not sit with the group of those who celebrate,
Nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me,
For You had filled me with indignation [at their sin].
2 Thessalonians 3:14
Now if anyone [in the church] does not obey what we say in this letter, take special note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he will be ashamed and repent.
Titus 2:8
sound and beyond reproach in instruction, so that the opponent [of the faith] will be shamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
Jude 1:18
They used to say to you, “In the last days there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly passions.”