Job 15:2 - Revised Standard Version “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill himself 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 argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?
Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
The mind of the wise makes his speech judicious, and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil, which he may carry away in his hand.
Ephraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a bargain with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
The Lord has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and requite him according to his deeds.
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.