Job 15:3
Should he argue with speech that helpeth him not, And with words which do not profit him?
Noyes Bible
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 answer with arguments of wind, Or fill his bosom with the east wind?
4Behold, thou makest the fear of God a vain thing, And discouragest prayer before him.
Cross References
Job 16:2Of such things as these I have heard enough! Miserable comforters are ye all!
Malachi 3:13Your words have been bold against me, saith Jehovah; Yet ye say, “What have we spoken against thee?”
Colossians 4:6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every one.
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 →