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Job 15:3 Cross-References

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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...

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