Job 15:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And 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 ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

Job 15:1

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Job 15:3

Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Job 6:26

Do ye imagine to reprove words? Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind.

Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Hosea 12:2

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him shew by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.