Job 15:3 KJV

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Matthew Henry

  • Eliphaz reproves JobEliphaz begins a second attack upon Job, instead of being softened by his complaints. He unjustly charges Job with casting off the fear of God, and all...

Thompson Chains

  • Vain TalkLink 2 of 9 · next Proverbs 10:19

Cross References

  • Job 13:4–5 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. …
  • Job 16:2–3 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. …
  • Job 26:1–3 But Job answered and said, …
  • Malachi 3:13–15 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? …
  • Matthew 12:36–37 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. …

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Topics

  • Job Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to
  • Pride General scriptures concerning Pride
  • Uncharitableness Eliphaz toward Job

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Should he reason הוֹכֵחַ hôkēaḥ יָכַח Verb · hiphil infinitive absolute
  • with unprofitable לֹא lōʾ Negative יִסְכּוֹן yiskôn סָכַן Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • talk בְּדָבָר bĕdābār דָּבָר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
  • or with speeches וּמִלִּים ûmillîm מִלָּה Noun · feminine plural · with and
  • wherewith he can do no good לֹא lōʾ Negative יוֹעִיל yôʿîl יַעַל Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular בָּם bām Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural

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