Job 15:3
Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
In Context
2Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
4Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
Cross References
Job 16:2I have heard many things such as these: troublesome comforters are ye all.
Malachi 3:13Your words have been strong against me, saith the Lord; but ye say, What have we spoken among us against thee?
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 →