Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 11:1-3

"Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?" — Job 11:1-3 (ASV)

This was a very bitter and cruel speech, and Zophar was not using the language of friendship, or even of common courtesy. First, he charged Job with being a great talker, a man full of talk. No doubt Job did speak well and eloquently; but to retort upon him that he was a man abundant in words was a very cruel thing, especially when he was in such a condition of distress and suffering. Yet, dear friends, it is an evil thing to be men of tongue, and not of hand; it is a dreadful thing to be men – or, for that matter, women either – who are "full of talk," and therefore have no room for anything else.

There are some people who seem to think that, simply by their volubility, they can carry all before them. In such a case, we may say with Zophar, Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? But he went beyond these questions, and charged Job with downright lying because he had pleaded his own innocence: Should your lies make men hold their peace? Zophar also insinuated that Job fumed and frothed, as it were, and spoke folly, which he certainly did not do, for he spoke in solemn, sober earnest if ever a man did.