Job 15:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
E´phra-im feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.