Job 15:2
Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
In Context
1And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,
3Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
Cross References
Job 6:26My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
Job 11:2Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
Hosea 12:1\11:12\The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...
James 3:13Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle 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 →