KJV King James Version
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
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Job 11:3
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
WEB World English Bible
Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
ASV American Standard Version
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
Surrounding context — Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
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Job 17:2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?Job 13:4But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.Job 24:25And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?Job 15:2-3Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?Job 34:7What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?Psalm 83:16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.Jeremiah 15:17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.Titus 2:8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.Psalm 35:16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.Job 13:9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?Jude 1:18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.Job 21:3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.Job 12:4I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.
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