Job 8:2
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How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

How long.

Job 11:2,3 Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified? . . .

Job 16:3 Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?

Job 18:2 How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.

Job 19:2,3 How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words? . . .

Exodus 10:3,7 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me. . . .

Proverbs 1:22 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

the words.

Job 6:9,26 And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off? . . .

Job 7:11 Wherefore, I will not spare my mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.

Job 15:2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

1 Kings 19:11 And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord, overthrowing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: but the Lord is not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: but the Lord is not in the earthquake.

Context
Bildad: Job Should Repent
1Then Baldad, the Suhite, answered, and said: 2How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?3Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?…
Cross References
Job 6:26
You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind.

Job 8:1
Then Baldad, the Suhite, answered, and said:

Job 11:2
Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?

Jeremiah 5:13
The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.

Lexicon
“How long
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

will you go on saying
תְּמַלֶּל־ (tə·mal·lel-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4448: To speak, utter, say

such things?
אֵ֑לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

The words
אִמְרֵי־ (’im·rê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 561: Something said

of your mouth
פִֽיךָ׃ (p̄î·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

are a blustering
כַּ֝בִּיר (kab·bîr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3524: Great, mighty, much

wind.
וְר֥וּחַ (wə·rū·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit


Additional Translations
“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long'shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?

How long wilt thou speak these things, how long shall the breath of thy mouth be abundant in words?

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

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

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

"How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth?
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