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Job 8:2
Job 8:2 is verse 2 of Job chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
King James Version
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
World English Bible
“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
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Job 8:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 11:2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Job 18:2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
Job 19:3Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Exodus 10:7Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”
Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
Job 7:11Therefore 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 15:2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
1 Kings 19:11Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.