Job 15:3

You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you,

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

In Context

2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?

4to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God.

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Cross References

Job 16:2I have often heard such things; you are all aggravating comforters.

Malachi 3:13Your words have gathered strength over me, says the Lord.

Colossians 4:6Let your speech be ever graceful, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to each person.

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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