Job 15:2

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

biblegateway Job 15:2

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

biblegateway Job 15:2

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

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.

biblegateway Job 15:2

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

SABDAweb Job 15:2

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

bibleoremus Job 15:2

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

biblegateway Job 15:2

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

biblegateway Job 15:2

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

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.