Job 15:2

Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Themanite, answered, and said:

3Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.

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Cross References

Job 6:26You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind.

Job 11:2Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?

Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add grace to his lips.

Hosea 12:1Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

James 3:13Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew, by a 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 →

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