Shall a wise man speak words of the [a]wind? and fill his belly [b]with the East wind?

Shall he dispute with words not comely? or with talk that is not profitable?

Surely thou hast cast off [c]fear, and restrainest prayer before God:

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:2 That is, vain words, and without consolation?
  2. Job 15:2 Meaning, with matters that are of none importance, which are forgotten as soon as they are uttered, as the East wind drieth up the moisture as soon as it falleth.
  3. Job 15:4 He chargeth Job as though his talk caused men to cast off the fear of God, and prayer.

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