Job 15:3

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 answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4Yea, thou doest away with fear, and restrainest devotion before God. 5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Job 15:3 word by word

הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• reasonדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• canלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• goodיָעַלya‛al · to gainH3276

Cross-references for Job 15:3

• Job 13:4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
• Job 16:2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
• Job 26:1Then Job answered and said,
• Malachi 3:13Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
• Matthew 12:36And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
• Colossians 4:6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
• 1 Timothy 6:4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

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

Topics related to Job 15:3

• Pride

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Eliphaz (2)
• Reason; Reasonable; Reasoning
• Shebna
• Eliphaz

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