Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Cross-reference

Job 6:26 Allusion

Job 6:26 has Job describing his words as 'the wind' — Bildad quotes that phrase back at him in 8:2.

Job 11:2 Parallel

Job 11:2 uses a similar rhetorical question, 'Should a multitude of words go unanswered?', echoing Bildad's challenge.

Job 16:3 Contrast

In Job 16:3, Job turns the same 'windy words' imagery back on the friends, reversing Bildad's charge.

Job 18:2 Parallel

Job 18:2 opens Bildad's second speech with 'How long will you hunt for words?', a parallel rebuttal to Job.

Job 19:3 Parallel

Job 19:3 recounts the friends' reproaches 'ten times', directly responding to Bildad's accusation here.

Job 7:11 Contrast

Job 7:11 shows Job's resolve to speak out despite suffering — contrasting Bildad's dismissal of his words as wind.

Job 15:2 Parallel

Job 15:2 has Eliphaz accusing Job of 'empty notions' and 'hot east wind', reinforcing Bildad's wind imagery.

Job 19:2 Parallel

Job 19:2 counters with 'How long will you torment me?', shifting from words to their painful effect.

Job 34:37 Parallel

Job 34:37 has Elihu accusing Job of 'multiplying his words against God' — similar to Bildad's charge of blustering wind.

Jeremiah 5:13 describes false prophets' words as 'wind' — the same metaphor Bildad uses here to dismiss Job's speech as empty.