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The Book of Job, Chapter 15, Verse 3

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Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
King James Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
American Standard Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
New English Translation
Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?
World English Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which 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,
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That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?