Job 15:2
הֶֽחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַֽעַת ־ רוּחַ וִֽימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
In Context
1וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃
3הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא ־ יוֹעִיל בָּֽם ׃
Cross References
Job 6:26הַלְהוֹכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ וּלְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי נֹאָֽשׁ ׃
Job 11:2הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם ־ אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק ׃
Proverbs 16:23לֵב חָכָם יַשְׂכִּיל פִּיהוּ וְעַל ־ שְׂפָתָיו יֹסִיף לֶֽקַח ׃
Hosea 12:1סְבָבֻנִי בְכַחַשׁ אֶפְרַיִם וּבְמִרְמָה בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִֽיהוּדָה עֹד רָד עִם ־ אֵל וְעִם ־ קְדוֹשִׁים נֶאֱמָֽן ׃
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 →