God’s Word Translation
Job 15:3
3Should he argue with words that don’t help, with speeches that don’t help ⌞anyone⌟?
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 from Teman replied ⌞to Job⌟, 2“Should a wise person answer with endless details and fill his stomach with the east wind? Should he argue with words that don’t help, with speeches that don’t help ⌞anyone⌟? 4Yes, you destroy the fear ⌞of God⌟ and diminish devotion to God. 5Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose ⌞to talk with⌟ a sly tongue.
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 13:4But you are smearing me with lies. All of you are worthless physicians.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like this before. You are all pathetic at comforting me.
- Job 26:1Then Job replied ⌞to his friends⌟,
- Malachi 3:13“You have used harsh words against me,” says the Lord. “You ask, ‘How have we spoken against you?’
- Matthew 12:36“I can guarantee that on judgment day people will have to give an account of every careless word they say.
- Colossians 4:6Everything you say should be kind and well thought out so that you know how to answer everyone.
- 1 Timothy 6:4is a conceited person. He shows that he doesn’t understand anything. Rather, he has an unhealthy desire to argue and quarrel about words. This produces jealousy, rivalry, cursing, suspicion,
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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