Job 15:2
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
In Context
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
Cross References
Job 6:26Do ye think to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of a man who is desperate are as wind?
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
Hosea 12:1Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. And they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in mildness of wisdom.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 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. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →