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Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.

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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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