Job 15:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?”
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““Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Doth a wise man answer <FI>with<Fi> vain knowledge? And fill <FI>with<Fi> an east wind his belly?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 15:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
- Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
- Job 11:2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
- Job 13:2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
- Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
- Ecclesiastes 5:15As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
- Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Hosea 12:2The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
- James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).