Job 11:2

Should... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

man. Hebrew. 'ish.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Should not the multitude of words be answered? - As if all that Job had said had been mere words; or as if he was remarkable for mere garrulity....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man (a) full of talk be justified? (a) Should he persuade by his great talk that he is j...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Speech of Zophar. Job has shown that the assumption, that on account of the Divine righteousness only human sin can be the cause of misfortune, lead...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? Should not the multitude of words be answered? - Some tran...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Should not the multitude of words be answered?— The three friends of Job, though they all agree in persecuting him, yet differ somewhat in their ch...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? Should not the multitude of words be answered? Zop...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Zophar The speech is short and unsympathetic. 1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XI. A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT Job 11:1-20 ZOPHAR SPEAKS THE third and presumably youngest of the three friends of Job now takes up the argum...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Canst Thou by Searching Find out God?” Job 11:1-20 Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job's self-justification and his refusal to acknowledg...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

When Job had ceased, Zophar, the last of the three friends, answered him. His method was characterized by even greater plainness than that of Bildad....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, (2) Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Should not the multitude of words be answered ?.... Zophar insinuates, that Job was a mere babbler, a talkative man, that had words, but no matter;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? Ver. 2. Should not the multitude of words be answered?...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Should not the multitude of words be answered? Truly, sometimes it should not. Silence is the best confutation of impertinence, and puts the greate...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Dost thou think to carry thy cause by thy long and tedious discourses, consisting of empty words, without weight or reason? Shall we by our silence s...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR Zophar follows in the same train with his companions. Misled by the same false principle—great sufferings prove great sin...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The words we are about to read were spoken by one of Job's three friends, or what if I call them his three tormentors? These men did not speak wisely...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 11:3 . Thy lies; that is, thy device, as in the margin; jactantias tuas, thy boastings, the delicacy of thy turns of speech, to extenuate th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite. The attitude of Job’s friends In this chapter Zophar gives his first speech, and it is sharper toned than...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 11:1-18 Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters ( Job 2:11 ), and probably the youngest of them, now at last t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zophar Tries to Reprove Job
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Should not the multitude of words, as just brought out in the speech of Job, be answered? And should a man full of talk, literally, "a man of lips,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 17:18 ; James 1:19 ; Job 16:3 ; Job 18:2 ; Proverbs 10:19 ; Psalms 140:11
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Answered — Truly, sometimes it should not. Silence is the best confutation of impertinence, and puts the greatest contempt upon it.

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

Related Commentaries of Job 11:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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