Job 15:2
Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
In Context
1But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:
3You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you,
Cross References
Job 6:26You prepare speeches as so much noise, and you offer words into the wind.
Job 11:2Will he who speaks much, not also listen? Or will a talkative man be justified?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth and add grace to his lips.
Hosea 12:1Ephraim feeds on wind and follows burning heat; all day long he multiplies lies and desolation. And he has entered into a pact with the Assyrians, and he has carried oil into Egypt.
James 3:13Who is wise and well-taught among you? Let him show, by means of good conversation, his work in the meekness 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 →