Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we 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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- 2 When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak. 3 Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!
Phrases
Cross References
Job 3:5-6
Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
Job 3:17
There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
Job 8:2
Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth?
Job 11:2
Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Job 13:5-6
O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
Job 16:2-3
I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters are ye all.
Job 21:2
Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
Job 33:1
And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and to all my words give ear.
Proverbs 18:13
Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
James 1:19
So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,