American Standard Version
"Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? "
— Job 15:3, American Standard Version
“Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?”
“Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?”
“Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?”
“Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.”
“Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?”
“Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?”
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.