Job 15:2
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
Darby Translation
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 answered and said,
3Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
Cross References
Job 6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise maketh his mouth intelligent, and upon his lips increaseth learning.
Hosea 12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth 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 shew out of a good conversation his works in 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 →