Verse List for JOB 11:2

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Zofar (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Shouldn’t these many words be answered? ⇔ Or is a man to be acquitted just by what comes from his lips.

OET-LV A_multitude _of words/messages not will _it _be _answered and_if a _man lips will _he _be _acquitted.

ULT “The multitude of words, will it not be answered? ⇔  Or if a man of lips will be justified?

UST “I would like to respond to the long speech that you have just given. ⇔  You talk a lot about how innocent you are, but that does not mean that you truly are innocent.

BSB & MSB “Should this stream of words go unanswered ⇔  and such a speaker be vindicated?

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? ⇔  Should a man full of talk be justified?

NET “Should not this abundance of words be answered, ⇔ or should this talkative man ⇔ be vindicated?

LSV “Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

FBV “So many words should be answered, shouldn't they? Or is a person proved right by doing a lot of talking?

T4T “◄Should no one answer all that you have said?/Someone should certainly answer all that you have said.► [RHQ] ⇔  Just because you talk a lot, ◄should that cause us to declare that you ◄are innocent/have done nothing wrong►?/that should not cause us to declare that you ◄are innocent/have done nothing wrong►.► [RHQ]

LEB
• “Should an abundance of words go unanswered,
• or a man full of talk[fn] be vindicated?[fn]

BBE Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

Moff “Is a crowd of words to go unanswered? ⇔  Is a glib talker to carry the day?

JPS Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?

ASV Should not the multitude of words be answered? ⇔ And should a man full of talk be justified?

DRA Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?

YLT Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

Drby Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

RV Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

SLT Shall not the multitude of words be answered? and shall a man of lips be justified?

Wbstr Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

KJB-1769 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?[fn]

KJB-1611 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should [fn]a man ful of talke be iustified?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps Shoulde not he that maketh many wordes be aunswered? Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin?
(Should not he that maketh/makes many words be answered? Should he that babbleth much be commonded therein?)

Gnva Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
(Should not the multitude of words be answered? or should a great talker be justified?)

Cvdl Shulde not he that maketh many wordes, be answered? Shulde he that bableth moch, be commended therin?
(Should not he that maketh/makes many words, be answered? Should he that babbleth much, be commonded therein?)

Wycl Whether he, that spekith many thingis, schal not also here? ether whethir a man ful of wordis schal be maad iust?
(Whether he, that speaketh/speaks many things, shall not also here? either whether a man full of words shall be made just?)

Luth Wenn einer lange geredet, muß er nicht auch hören? Muß denn ein Wäscher immer recht haben?
(When one/a long talked, must he not also hear/listen? Muß because/than a Wäscher always right have?)

ClVg [Numquid qui multa loquitur, non et audiet? aut vir verbosus justificabitur?[fn]
([Is_it who/which fine speaks, not/no and will_hear? or man wordsus will_be_justified?)

UHB הֲ⁠רֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְ⁠אִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὁ τὰ πολλὰ λέγων, καὶ ἀντακούσεται· ἢ καὶ ὁ εὔλαλος οἴεται εἶναι δίκαιος;

BrTr He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed is the short-lived offspring of woman.