Job 15:2 · KJV
“Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? {vain...: Heb. knowledge of wind}”
— Job 15:2
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Job 15 — Context
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? {vain...: Heb. knowledge of wind}
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. {castest...: Heb. makest void} {prayer: or, speech}
Cross References
Job 6:26
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which 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 strong wind?
Job 13:2
What ye know, {the same} do I know also: I {am} not inferior unto you.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim 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.
Job 11:2-3
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? {full...: Heb. of lips}
James 3:13
Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.