Job
King James Version (KJV)
Job 15:3
“Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?”
King James Version (KJV)
Job 15:3 Context
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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Other Translations
Should hee reason with vnprofitable talke? or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
- Basic English Bible
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
- Darby Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?
- Webster's Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
- World English Bible
To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
- Basic English Bible
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
- Darby Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?
- Webster's Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
- World English Bible
To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Job 15:3
15:2 Fill - Satisfy his mind and conscience. East wind - With discourses not only unprofitable, but also pernicious both to himself and others; as the east - wind was in those parts.
15:4 Castest off - Heb. thou makes void fear; the fear of God, piety and religion, by thy unworthy speeches of God, and by those false and pernicious principles, that God makes no difference between good and bad in the course of his providence, but equally prospers or afflicts both: thou dost that which tends to the subversion of the fear and worship of God. Restrainest prayer - Thou dost by thy words and principles, as far as in thee lies, banish prayer out of the world, by making it useless and unprofitable to men.
15:5 Uttereth - Thy words discover the naughtiness of thy heart. Crafty - Thou speakest wickedly, and craftily: thou coverest thy impious principles with fair pretences of piety.