Job 15:2
Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? 1 And does he fill up the pain of his belly, 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
In Context
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 1
3Reasoning with improper sayings, 1 And with words wherein is no profit? 1
Cross References
Job 6:26Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, 1 For neither will I endure the sound of your speech. 1
Job 11:2He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: 1 Or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? 1 Blessed is the short-lived offspring of woman. 1
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise will discern the things which proceed from his own mouth; 1 And on his lips he will wear knowledge. 1
Hosea 12:1Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Judah with ungodliness: but now God knows them, and they shall be called God’s holy people.
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 →