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Job 15:2

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

KJV

Numquid sapiens respondebit quasi in ventum loquens, et implebit ardore stomachum suum ?

Vulgate

Πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος, καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρός,

LXX

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

ASV

הֶֽ/חָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת ר֑וּחַ וִֽ/ימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
ה
h
noun · 69×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
י
y
noun · 72×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • Job 6:26 — Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
  • Job 8:2 — How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
  • Job 8:2 — How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
  • Job 16:3 — Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?