Job 15:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² “Would a wise man answer with vain knowledge, or fill his belly 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 know too; I am not less than you.

Job 15:1

And Eliphaz the Tĕmanite answered and said,

Job 15:3

Would he reason with useless talk, or by speeches with which do not profit?

Job 6:26

Do you reckon to reprove my words, and the sayings of one in despair, which are as wind?

Job 8:2

“How long are you going to speak like this, since the words of your mouth are a strong wind?

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise gives discretion to his mouth, And he increases learning to his lips.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he returns, to go as he came. And from his labour which goes into his hand he takes none whatsoever.

Hosea 12:1

Ephrayim is feeding on wind, and pursuing an east wind. All the day he increases falsehood and ruin. And they make a covenant with Ashshur, and oil is sent to Mitsrayim.

Hosea 12:2

And יהוה has a controversy with Yehuḏah, to punish Ya‛aqoḇ according to his ways, to repay him according to his deeds.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom.