Job 15:2
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Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

Job 6:26
You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind.

Job 11:2
Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?

Job 15:1
And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:

Job 15:3
Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

a wise man

Job 11:2,3 Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified? . . .

Job 13:2 According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you.

James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge, among you? Let him shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.

vain knowledge.

Job 6:26 You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the 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?

fill

Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

Context
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
1And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said: 2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?3Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.…
Lexicon
“Does a wise
הֶֽחָכָ֗ם (he·ḥā·ḵām)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise

man answer
יַעֲנֶ֥ה (ya·‘ă·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

with empty
ר֑וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

counsel
דַֽעַת־ (ḏa·‘aṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1847: Knowledge

or fill
וִֽימַלֵּ֖א (wî·mal·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of

his belly
בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ (biṭ·nōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

with the hot east wind?
קָדִ֣ים (qā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6921: The fore, front part, the East


Additional Translations
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,

Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

Doth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly?
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