3To reason with a word not useful? And speeches — no profit in them?


In Context

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —

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

3 To reason with a word not useful? And speeches — no profit in them?

4 Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.

5 For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

Job 15:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:3Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:3Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?