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Job 18:2

Job 18:2
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Wherefore are we counted as beasts,.... This seems to refer to Job 12:7; where Job sends them to the beasts, to get knowledge and instruction; and therefore it was concluded he reckoned them as such,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? - It has been made a question to whom this is addressed. It is in the plural number, and it is not usual in Hebrew when addressing an individual to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 18:1-4

Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was serving Satan's design in adding to Job's…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Then he spoke impiously of God, saying that He tore him in His anger (ch. Job 16:9), and appealed to the earth and nature to rise up on his side (ch. Job 16:18).

Such things provoke the personal and…