Job 11:2
“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
BSB
ASV
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
KJV
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 translate, “To multiply words profiteth nothing.” And should a man full of talk be justified - איש שפתים ish sephathayim, “a man of lips,” a proper appellation for a great talker: he is “a man of lips,” i.e., his lips are the only active parts of his system.
Zophar assails Job for his empty words, and indirectly, the two friends, for their weak reply. Taciturnity is highly prized among Orientals (Pr 10:8, 19).
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
Through
Proverbs 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
leads to
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.