Job 15:3

Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?

4Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

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Cross References

Job 16:2Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.

Malachi 3:13Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?

Colossians 4:6Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

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 →

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