Job 15:3
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
KJV
Arguis verbis eum qui non est æqualis tibi, et loqueris quod tibi non expedit.
Vulgate
ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ, ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος;
LXX
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
ASV
הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭/דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝/מִלִּ֗ים לֹא יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הוֹעִ֔יל
hv'yl
verb · 23×
י
y
noun · 38×
יִסְכָּן
yskn
verb · 12×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Col 4:6 — Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
- Matt 12:36 — But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
- Titus 3:9 — But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.