Job 15:2

NETBible

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, 1  or fill his belly 2  with the east wind? 3 

NIV ©

"Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

NASB ©

"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?

NLT ©

"You are supposed to be a wise man, and yet you give us all this foolish talk. You are nothing but a windbag.

MSG ©

"If you were truly wise, would you sound so much like a windbag, belching hot air?

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

"Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and fill themselves with the east wind?

NKJV ©

"Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

KJV
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NASB ©
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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.