"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?" Eliphaz directly attacks Job's claim to wisdom. The "windy knowledge" and "east wind" suggest that Job's arguments are all bluster and emptiness, lacking substance. Eliphaz implies that Job's verbosity masks the absence of genuine insight. This verse establishes the friends' determination to discredit Job's intellectual standing.

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