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OET (OET-LV) Does_he_argue in/on/at/with_talk [which]_not it_is_of_use and_words [which]_not anyone_profits in/on/at/with_which.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽם
argue in/on/at/with,talk not profitable and,words not do_~_good in/on/at/with,which
Eliphaz is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. This verse is the continuation of a question that began in the previous verse, but it may be helpful to make it a separate sentence in your translation. Alternate translation: “No, a wise person does not reason with a word that does not benefit or with words that do not have profit in them!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽם
argue in/on/at/with,talk not profitable and,words not do_~_good in/on/at/with,which
Eliphaz is using the terms word and words to mean what Job has been saying by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “reasoning by saying things that do not benefit and by making statements that do not have profit in them”
15:2-3 You are nothing but a windbag (literally You fill your belly with the east wind): Since the east wind was hot, it might represent heated (Exod 14:21; Hos 13:15; Jon 4:8) or violent (Job 27:21; Jer 18:17) speech.
OET (OET-LV) Does_he_argue in/on/at/with_talk [which]_not it_is_of_use and_words [which]_not anyone_profits in/on/at/with_which.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.