Job 15:2 - Tree of Life Version

² “Does a wise man answer with empty 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?

Job 15:2 Tagairtí Cros

Job 13:2

What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded and said:

Job 15:3

Does he argue with useless talk and words that have no value in them?

Job 6:26

Do you intend to correct my words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

Job 8:2

“How long will you say these things? The words of your mouth are like a mighty wind.

Proverbs 16:23

A wise man’s heart teaches his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

This too is a grievous wrong. Just as he came, so will he go, so what does he gain, from his toiling for the wind?

Hosea 12:1

“Ephraim surrounded Me with lies and the house of Israel with deceit.” Though Judah roams restlessly with God, yet he is faithful with holy things.

Hosea 12:2

Ephraim is grazing on wind and pursuing the east wind. All day he multiplies lies and ruin: making a pact with Assyria, while carrying oil to Egypt.

James 3:13

Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct let him show his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.