Job 8:2

Bildad's First Response To Job

¹ Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, ² “How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
³ “Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

How Long

Job

Job 6:26

“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

1 Kings 19:11

So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Job 15:2

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
And fill himself with the east wind?

Exodus 10:3

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

Exodus 10:7

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not realize that Egypt is destroyed?”

Job 6:9

“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

Job 7:11

“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 11:2-3

“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a talkative man be acquitted?

Job 16:3

“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?

Job 18:2

“How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.

Job 19:2-3

“How long will you torment me
And crush me with words?

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?