“Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill [a]himself with the east wind?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:2 Lit. his belly

“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(A)

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Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?

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Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?(A)

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“They(A) sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
(B)Aliens would swallow it up.

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“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(C)

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