King James Version
Job 11:3 in the King James Version says “Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? lies: or, devices” — study this verse from Job chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? lies: or, devices”
Job 11:3 · KJV
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? full: Heb. of lips
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? lies: or, devices
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“men”
H4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)
“hold their peace”
H2790to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
“and when thou mockest”
H3932to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
“shall no man make thee ashamed”
H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
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