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Job 15:3

NETBible	Does he argue¹ with useless² talk, with words that have no value in them?
NIV © biblegateway Job 15:3	Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
NASB © biblegateway Job 15:3	"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
NLT © biblegateway Job 15:3	It isn’t right to speak so foolishly. What good do such words do?
MSG © biblegateway Job 15:3	Would you talk nonsense in the middle of a serious argument, babbling baloney?
BBE © SABDAweb Job 15:3	Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 15:3	Should they argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which they can do no good?
NKJV © biblegateway Job 15:3	Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
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KJV	Should he reason <03198> (8687) with unprofitable <05532> (8799) talk <01697>_? or with speeches <04405> wherewith he can do no good <03276> (8686)_?
NASB © biblegateway Job 15:3	"Should he argue <03198> with useless <03808> <5532> talk <01697> , Or with words <04405> which are not profitable <03276> ?
LXXM	elegcwn <1651> V-PAPNS en <1722> PREP rhmasin <4487> N-DPN oiv <3739> R-DPN ou <3364> ADV dei <1210> V-PAI-3S en <1722> PREP logoiv <3056> N-DPM oiv <3739> R-DPM ouden <3762> A-NSN ofelov <3786> N-NSN
NET [draft] ITL	Does he argue <03198> with useless <05532> <03808> talk <01697> , with words <04405> that have no <03808> value <03276> in them?
HEBREW	Mb <0> lyewy <03276> al <03808> Mylmw <04405> Nwkoy <05532> al <03808> rbdb <01697> xkwh (15:3) <03198>

NETBible

Does he argue¹ with useless² talk, with words that have no value in them?

NET Notes

¹tn The infinitive absolute in this place is functioning either as an explanatory adverb or as a finite verb.

¹sn Eliphaz draws on Job’s claim with this word (cf. Job 13:3), but will declare it hollow.

²tn The verb סָכַן (sakhan) means “to be useful, profitable.” It is found 5 times in the book with this meaning. The Hiphil of יָעַל (ya’al) has the same connotation. E. LipinÃski offers a new meaning on a second root, “incur danger” or “run risks” with words, but this does not fit the parallelism (FO 21 [1980]: 65-82).