Job 15:2
Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
Leeser Tanakh
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 Themanite, and said,
3Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
Cross References
Job 6:26Do ye think to reprove words, and [to regard] as wind the speeches of one that is despairing?
Job 11:2Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise maketh his mouth intelligent, and upon his lips he increaseth information.
Hosea 12:1(12:2) Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind; the whole day he increaseth deceit and corruption; and a covenant do they make 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 →