Job 15:2
ContextNETBible | “Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, 1 or fill his belly 2 with the east wind? 3 |
NIV © biblegateway Job 15:2 |
"Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind? |
NASB © biblegateway Job 15:2 |
"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind? |
NLT © biblegateway Job 15:2 |
"You are supposed to be a wise man, and yet you give us all this foolish talk. You are nothing but a windbag. |
MSG © biblegateway Job 15:2 |
"If you were truly wise, would you sound so much like a windbag, belching hot air? |
BBE © SABDAweb Job 15:2 |
Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind? |
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 15:2 |
"Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and fill themselves with the east wind? |
NKJV © biblegateway Job 15:2 |
"Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? |
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NETBible | “Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, 1 or fill his belly 2 with the east wind? 3 |
NET Notes |
1 tn The Hebrew is דַעַת־רוּחַ (da’at-ruakh). This means knowledge without any content, vain knowledge. 2 tn The image is rather graphic. It is saying that he puffs himself up with the wind and then brings out of his mouth blasts of this wind. 3 tn The word for “east wind,” קָדִים (qadim), is parallel to “spirit/wind” also in Hos 12:2. The east wind is maleficent, but here in the parallelism it is so much hot air. |