Job 15:3
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
In Context
2“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
4Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
Cross References
Job 16:2“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
Malachi 3:13“Your words have been harsh against me,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each 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 →