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Job 15:2

Words and speech

1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

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Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
KJV
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
WEB
“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
ASV
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
DARBY
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
BLB
“Does a wise one answer [with] knowledge of wind, and fill his belly [with] the east wind?
ÅB
Svarer vel en vis mann med en kunnskap som bare er vind, og fyller han sitt indre med stormvær?
OTB
"Skal en vis person svare med tomme ideer,
og fylle seg selv med den varme østavinden?
B1930
Svarer vel en vis mann med en kunnskap som bare er vind, og fyller han sitt indre med stormvær?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 6:26

    Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

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  • Job 8:2

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

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  • Hosea 12:1

    Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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  • Job 11:2–3

    Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

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  • James 3:13

    Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

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  • Job 13:2

    What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

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