Job 15:2
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
King James Version
In Context
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Cross References
Job 6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Hosea 12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
James 3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with 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 →