2 "Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
2 "Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?
2 "What a flood of words! Shouldn't we put a stop to it? Should this kind of loose talk be permitted?
2 "Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be vindicated?
2 "Shouldn't someone answer this torrent of words? Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 11:2
Commentary on Job 11:1-6
(Read Job 11:1-6)
Zophar attacked Job with great vehemence. He represented him as a man that loved to hear himself speak, though he could say nothing to the purpose, and as a man that maintained falsehoods. He desired God would show Job that less punishment was exacted than he deserved. We are ready, with much assurance, to call God to act in our quarrels, and to think that if he would but speak, he would take our part. We ought to leave all disputes to the judgment of God, which we are sure is according to truth; but those are not always right who are most forward to appeal to the Divine judgment.