Job 15:2 - New Revised Standard Version

² “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and fill themselves with the east wind?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, And fill his belly with the east wind?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

Common English Bible

² Will the wise respond with windy knowledge and fill their belly with the east wind?

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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

² Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

Job 15:2 Cross References

Job 13:2

What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

Job 15:3

Should they argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which they can do no good?

Job 6:26

Do you think that you can reprove words, as if the speech of the desperate were wind?

Job 8:2

“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?

Proverbs 16:23

The mind of the wise makes their speech judicious, and adds persuasiveness to their lips.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

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.

Hosea 12:1

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.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and repay him according to his deeds.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.