Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{How long} {will you hunt for words}? Consider, and afterward we shall 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.
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.
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
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, 2 "{How long} {will you hunt for words}? Consider, and afterward we shall speak. 3 Why are we considered as animals? [Why] are we taken as stupid in your eyes?
Phrases
Cross References
Job 3:5-6
Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let clouds settle on it; let them terrify it [with the] blackness of day.
Job 3:17
There [the] wicked cease from troubling, and there [the] {weary} are at rest;
Job 8:2
"{How long} will you say these [things], and the words of your mouth [be] a mighty wind?
Job 11:2
"Should an abundance of words go unanswered, or {a man full of talk} be vindicated?
Job 13:5-6
{O that} you would keep completely silent, and [that] it would become wisdom for you.
Job 16:2-3
"I have heard many [things] like these; all of you [are] {miserable comforters}.
Job 21:2
"Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation.
Job 33:1
"But now, please hear my speeches, Job, and hear all my words.
Proverbs 18:13
He who returns a word before he will hear, folly itself [belongs] to him as well as shame.
James 1:19
Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,