“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
(A)And fill [a]himself with the east wind?
“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
“Indeed, you do away with [b]reverence
And hinder meditation before God.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:2 Lit his belly
  2. Job 15:4 Lit fear

“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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