Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.
If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?
Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?
No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.
Peninnah would behave this way year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the Lord’s house, Peninnah would upset her so that she would weep and refuse to eat.