Job 18:2
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How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
In other translations
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Job 33:1Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- Job 3:5-65 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it. 6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
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- Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
- Job 21:2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
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