Job 15:2
Should a wise man answer with arguments of wind, Or fill his bosom with the east wind?
Noyes Bible
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 argue with speech that helpeth him not, And with words which do not profit him?
Cross References
Job 6:26Do ye mean to censure words? The words of a man in despair are but wind.
Job 11:2Shall not the multitude of words receive an answer? Shall the man of words be justified?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise man instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
Hosea 12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind; Every day he multiplieth falsehood and violence; They make a league with Assyria, And oil is carried into Egypt.
James 3:13Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you P let him show out of a good course of conduct his works in 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 →