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Job 15:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 15:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 15:38 words
HebrewMeaning
הוֹכֵ֣חַhwōkēḥa
does he argue?verbH3198
argue · chasten · convince · correct ···
בְּ֭/דָבָרbədābār
with a wordpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
which notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִסְכּ֑וֹןyisəkwōn
it is of useverbH5532
be advantage · ever · (be · ) profit ···
וּ֝/מִלִּ֗יםwmiliym
and wordsconjH4405
answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···
לֹאlōʾ
which notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יוֹעִ֥ילywōʿiyl
anyone profitsverbH3276
at all · can do good · (be · have) profit
בָּֽ/םbām
pron
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 15:3

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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