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“Should a wise man answer with hot-air arguments?
Should he fill up his belly with the hot east wind?
Should he reason with useless talk
or make speeches that do him no good?

“Why, you are abolishing fear of God
and hindering prayer to him!

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“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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