Job 15:2
Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
In Context
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Cross References
Job 6:26Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Hosea 12:1(12-2) Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; all the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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 →