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Job 18

Job 18:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How long
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
will it be ere ye make
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
an end
qenets (Hebrew #7078)
perversion
KJV usage: end.
Pronounce: keh'-nets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to wrench
of words
millah (Hebrew #4405)
a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic
KJV usage: + answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
Pronounce: mil-law'
Origin: from 4448 (plural masculine as if from milleh {mil-leh'}
? mark
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
, and afterwards
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
we will speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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How long.
Job 8:2• 2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? (Job 8:2)
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Job 11:2• 2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? (Job 11:2)
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Job 13:5‑6• 5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
 6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. (Job 13:5‑6)
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Job 16:2‑3• 2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
 3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? (Job 16:2‑3)
mark.
Job 3:5‑6,17• 5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
 6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
 17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. (Job 3:5‑6,17)
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Job 21:2• 2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. (Job 21:2)
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Job 33:1• 1Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. (Job 33:1)
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Prov. 18:13• 13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. (Prov. 18:13)
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James 1:19• 19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: (James 1:19)
• Bildad, who is quite moderate in the length of his speeches, accuses Job of multiplying words, and of being so full of talk that he will not listen to others. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How long will ye hunt fori words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

JND Translation Notes

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Or, as some, "make an end of."