Job 15:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:26 : 26 My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
  • Job 11:2-3 : 2 Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk? 3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?
  • Job 13:2 : 2 The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.

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    3Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?

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    1And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

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    16And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

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    3May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

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    2Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

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  • Job 6:26
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    26My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

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    2Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

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    2How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

  • Job 34:34-35
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    34Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

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  • Prov 15:2
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    2Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Job 34:1-2
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    69%

    1And Elihu made answer and said,

    2Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

  • Job 22:1-2
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    69%

    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

    2Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

  • Job 27:21
    69%

    21The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

  • Job 11:11-12
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    69%

    11For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

    12And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

  • Job 15:13
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    13So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Job 38:24
    68%

    24Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

  • Job 26:3
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    3How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

  • Isa 27:8
    68%

    8Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.

  • Job 37:20-21
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    20How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

    21And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

  • Job 4:1-2
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    68%

    1And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

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  • Prov 11:29
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    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
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    20And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

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    13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

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    8What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

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    7Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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    17You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,

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    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

    9What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

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    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

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    16All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

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    15Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.

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    66%

    7The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

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    3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

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    66%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

  • Prov 17:27
    66%

    27He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

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    66%

    31Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

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    66%

    23A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

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    16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

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    3But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

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    2Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.