Job 15:2 - New Revised Standard Version “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and fill themselves with the east wind? Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, And fill his belly with the east wind? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Should a wise man utter such windy knowledge [as we have just heard] and fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]? American Standard Version (1901) Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? Common English Bible Will the wise respond with windy knowledge and fill their belly with the east wind? Catholic Public Domain Version Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat? |
Should they argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which they can do no good?
Do you think that you can reprove words, as if the speech of the desperate were wind?
“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
The mind of the wise makes their speech judicious, and adds persuasiveness to their lips.
As they came from their mother's womb, so they shall go again, naked as they came; they shall take nothing for their toil, which they may carry away with their hands.
Ephraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a treaty with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
The Lord has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and repay him according to his deeds.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.