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Should a wise man make answer with [a]vain knowledge,
And fill himself with the east wind?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Yea, thou doest away with fear,
And [b]hinderest [c]devotion before God.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:2 Hebrew knowledge of wind.
  2. Job 15:4 Hebrew diminishest.
  3. Job 15:4 Or, meditation

“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(A)
Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?(B)
But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(C)

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