Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could 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.
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
2 How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak. 3 Wherefore are we accounted like beasts? or appear stupid, in thine eyes?
Phrases
Cross References
Job 3:5-6
Let darkness and death-shade buy it back, May there settle down upon it a cloud, Let a day's dark eclipse cause it terror:
Job 3:17
There, the lawless, cease from raging, and there the toil-worn are at rest:
Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
Job 11:2
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
Job 13:5-6
Oh that ye would, altogether held your peace, and it should serve you for wisdom!
Job 16:2-3
I have heard many such things, Wearisome comforters, are ye all!
Job 21:2
Hear ye patiently my words, and let this be your consolation:
Job 33:1
But, in very deed, hear, I pray thee, Job, my discourse, and, to all my words, give thou ear.
Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth before he heareth, a folly, it is to him, and, a reproach.
James 1:19
Ye know, my brethren beloved, - but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,