Verse List for JOB 15:2

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Elifaz (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Do wise people just answer with knowledge full of wind? ⇔ ≈ Do they just fill themselves with the east wind?

OET-LV A_wise_person does _he _answer knowledge _of wind and_does _he _fill east _wind belly _of_his.

ULT “Will the wise answer, with knowledge of wind ⇔  and fill his belly, with the east wind,

UST “If you were truly wise, you would not have said such useless things. ⇔  You have said a lot, but it has all been insignificant.

BSB & MSB “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel ⇔  or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, ⇔  and fill himself with the east wind?

NET “Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, ⇔ or fill his belly with the east wind?

LSV “Does a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill his belly [with] an east wind?

FBV “Would a wise man answer with such empty ‘knowledge’ that is just a lot of hot air?[fn]

T4T “If you were truly wise [RHQ], you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; ⇔  what you are saying is just a lot of hot air [MET].

LEB
• “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge,
• and should he fill his stomach with the east wind?

BBE Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?

Moff “Would any man of sense argue so wildly, ⇔  or make himself a windbag?

JPS Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

ASV Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, ⇔ And fill himself with the east wind?

DRA Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

YLT Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?

Drby Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

RV Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

SLT Shall a wise one answer knowledge of wind, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Wbstr Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

KJB-1769 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?[fn]

KJB-1611 Should a wise man vtter [fn]vaine knowledge, and fill his belly with the East winde?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

Bshps Shall a wyse mans aunswere be as the winde, and fill a mans belly as it were with the winde of the east?
(Shall a wise mans answer be as the wind, and fill a mans belly as it were with the wind of the east?)

Gnva Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
(Shall a wise man speak words of ye/you_all wind, and fill his belly with the East wind?)

Cvdl Shulde a wyse man geue soch an answere (as it were one that spake in the wynde) and fyll his stomacke with anger?
(Should a wise man give such an answer (as it were one that spake in the wynde) and fill his stomach with anger?)

Wycl Whether a wise man schal answere, as spekynge ayens the wynd, and schal fille his stomac with brennyng, `that is, ire?
(Whether a wise man shall answer, as speaking against the wind, and shall fill his stomach with burning, that is, ire?)

Luth Soll ein weiser Mann so aufgeblasene Worte reden und seinen Bauch so blähen mit losen Reden?
(Soll a wiser man so inflatede words talk(v) and his belly so blähen with solve/draw_lots speeches?)

ClVg [Numquid sapiens respondebit quasi in ventum loquens, et implebit ardore stomachum suum?[fn]
([Is_it wise will_respond as_if in/into/on the_wind speaking, and will_fill with_ardour/enthusiasm stomachum his_own?)

UHB הֶֽ⁠חָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ וִֽ⁠ימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεῦμα, καὶ ἐνέπλησε πόνον γαστρὸς,

BrTr Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,