Job 8:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

How long wilt thou speak these things?— How long wilt thou trifle in this manner? He compares his words in the next clause to a strong wind, to denote the vehemence and impetuosity wherewith, according to his opinion, the pride of Job's heart burst forth against God. There is a passage in Silius Italicus, which is a fine comment upon this verse.

——Qui tanta superbo Facta sonas ore, et spumanti turbine perflas Ignorantum aures. Lib. xi. ver. 581.

With haughty mouth who speaks such swelling deeds, And like a foaming tempest overflows The vulgar ears.

Job 8:2

2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?