English Standard Version
Job 15:3
3Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?
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?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
- New Living Translation (NLT)The wise don’t engage in empty chatter. What good are such words?
Context of Job 15:3
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good? 4But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God. 5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:3 word by word
הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:3
- Job 13:4As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
- Job 16:2"I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.
- Job 26:1Then Job answered and said:
- Malachi 3:13"Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, 'How have we spoken against you?'
- Matthew 12:36I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
- Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
- 1 Timothy 6:4he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,
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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