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The Book of Job, Chapter 15, Verse 2

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Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
King James Version
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
American Standard Version
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
New English Translation
“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
World English Bible
"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
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Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
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For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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[Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
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Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?
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With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
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[Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
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Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,