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?