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Job 15:3 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Job 15:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 15 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?”
Job 15:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 15:3
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?—Eliphaz's rhetorical questions attack Job's words as functionally worthless. The Hebrew lo'-yiska (לֹא־יִסְכֹּן, 'unprofitable') and lo' yo'il (לֹא־יוֹעִיל, 'can do no good') emphasize pragmatic uselessness. This reveals Eliphaz's fundamental criterion: theology must be 'profitable' and practically useful.The irony is devastating: Eliphaz condemns Job's speeches as pointless, yet the book's epilogue (42:7) declares that Job 'spoke what is right' while the friends spoke wrongly. What Eliphaz calls unprofitabl...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 15:3
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“seasoned with salt”
“they will give account of it in the day of judgment.”
“But ye are forgers of lies”
“knowing nothing”