2Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?


In Context

1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

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

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?

4 Yes, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

Job 15:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:2"Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:2Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:2|Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:2Doth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?