King James Version
Job 15:3 in the King James Version says “Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?” — study this verse from Job chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?”
Job 15:3 · KJV
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? vain: Heb. knowledge of wind
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. castest: Heb. makest void prayer: or, speech
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. uttereth: Heb. teacheth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Should he reason”
H3198to be right (i.e., correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
“talk”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“with unprofitable”
H5532to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, to cherish, be customary
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“wherewith he can do no good”
H3276properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
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