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Job 15:3
3No wise man would argue in such a useless way. The things that you say do not mean anything.
Job 15:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- New International Version (NIV)Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
Context of Job 15:3
1Then Eliphaz, the man from Teman, replied to Job. This is what he said: 2‘If you were wise, you would not answer us with such silly ideas. The words that come out from inside you are only a hot wind! No wise man would argue in such a useless way. The things that you say do not mean anything. 4You show that you do not respect God. You turn other people away from him. 5It is your sin that causes you to speak like that. You try to say clever things that will deceive people.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:3 word by word
הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 15:3
- Job 13:4What you say about me is only lies. You would be useless as doctors.
- Job 16:2‘I have heard all these things before. You are not making my troubles any better. You are making them worse!
- Job 26:1Then Job replied. This is what he said:
- Malachi 3:13The Lord says, ‘You have spoken bad words against me. But you ask, “What have we said against you?”
- Matthew 12:36I tell you this: One day, God will judge everybody. On that day, he will ask you about every useless word that you have spoken.
- Colossians 4:6When you speak to people, always speak kind words. Say things that will help them. Then, when someone asks you a question, you will know how to reply.
- 1 Timothy 6:4People like that think that they are very clever. But they do not really understand anything. They like to argue about things which are not important. They like to quarrel about words. As a result, people become jealous of one another, and they become angry with each other. They insult other people and they think bad things about them.
Commentaries on Job 15:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? - Should a man talk disrespectfully of his Maker, or speak to him without reverence? and should he suppose that he has proved any thing, when he has uttered words of little meaning, and used sound instead of sense?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? - It does not become a man professing to be wise to make use of words that are nothing to the purpose. The sense is, that what Job said amounted to just nothing.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3fill his belly with the hot east wind: The east wind was hot, so it might symbolize upset or violent speech (Exodus 14:21; Hosea 13:15; Jonah 4:8; Job 27:21; Jeremiah 18:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-35SECOND SERIES. 2. a wise man--which Job claims to be. vain knowledge--Hebrew, "windy knowledge"; literally, "of wind" (Job 8:2). In Ec 1:14, Hebrew, "to catch wind," expresses to strive for what is vain. east wind--stronger than the previous "wind," for in that region the east wind is the most destructive of winds (Is 27:8). Thus here,--empty violence. belly--the inward parts, the breast (Pr 18:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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