Job 15:3
Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
In Context
2Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
4Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
Cross References
Job 16:2I haue oft times heard such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Malachi 3:13Your wordes haue bene stout against me, sayeth the Lord: yet ye say, What haue we spoken against thee?
Colossians 4:6Let your speach be gracious alwayes, and powdred with salt, that ye may know how to answere euery man.
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 →