Job 15:2

Job chapter 15 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

v.2This passage

v.3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
Job 13:2
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Job 6:26
Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? Andhow longshall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.