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Job 18:2

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

KJV

Usque ad quem finem verba jactabitis ? intelligite prius, et sic loquamur.

Vulgate

Μέχρι τίνος οὐ παύσῃ; ἐπίσχες, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ λαλήσωμεν.

LXX

How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

ASV

עַד אָ֤נָה תְּשִׂימ֣וּ/ן קִנְצֵ֣י לְ/מִלִּ֑ין תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ וְ/אַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָ֣נָה
'nh
adverb · 43×
ו
v
noun · 717×
י
y
noun · 38×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
קִנְצֵ֣י
qntsy
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 11:2 — Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
  • Job 13:5 — O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
  • Job 33:31 — Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
  • Prov 18:13 — He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.