King James Version
Job 8:2 in the King James Version says “How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?” — study this verse from Job chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?”
Job 8:2 · KJV
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; for: Heb. in the hand of their transgression
KJV Study — Public Domain
“long”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“be like a strong”
H3524vast, whether in extent (figuratively, of power, mighty; of time, aged), or in number, many
“of thy mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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