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Job 15:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 15:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 15:27 words
HebrewMeaning
הֶֽ/חָכָ֗םheḥākām
¿ a wise personparticleH2450
subtil · wise · man)
יַעֲנֶ֥הyaʿăneh
does he answerverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
דַֽעַתdaʿat
knowledge ofnounH1847
norantly · know · awares
ר֑וּחַrwḥa
windnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
וִֽ/ימַלֵּ֖אwiymalēʾ
so may he fill?conjH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
קָדִ֣יםqādiym
east windnounH6921
wind)
בִּטְנֽ/וֹbiṭənwō
belly hisnounH990
body · as they be born · within · womb
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 15:2

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a wise man answer as if speaking into the wind, and fill his belly with burning? We have already said frequently that blessed Job bears a type of the Holy Church universal, and that his friends bear the likeness of heretics, who as it were on the plea of defence of the Lord find occasion of foolish talking, and let loose insulting words against good men; to whom all is displeasing that is thought by the faithful, as though…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 12 §27
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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