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numquid sapiens respondebit quasi in ventum loquens et implebit ardore stomachum suum
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
“Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
“Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
"Should a wise person answer with endless details and fill his stomach with the east wind?
Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind?
"Should a wise person respond with knowledge based on wind? Should he fill his stomach with a wind storm from the east?
"Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?
"Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
"A wise man wouldn't answer with such empty talk! You are nothing but a windbag.
Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
‘If you were wise, you would not answer us with such silly ideas. The words that come out from inside you are only a hot wind!
Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?
“Should a wise man answer with learning that is of no worth, and fill himself with the east wind?
Eliphaz: Does a wise man reply with windy knowledge and fill up his belly with the hot east wind?
“You are supposed to be a wise man, and yet you give us all this foolish talk. You are nothing but a windbag.
“Would a wise man respond with empty arguments and make himself a windbag?
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill his belly with the east wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly with the east wind?
Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind?
Should a wise man utter such windy knowledge [as we have just heard] and fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
“A wise person would not answer with empty words or fill his stomach with the hot east wind.
Eliphaz of Teman spoke a second time: “If you were truly wise, would you sound so much like a windbag, belching hot air? Would you talk nonsense in the middle of a serious argument, babbling baloney? Look at you! You trivialize religion, turn spiritual conversation into empty gossip. It’s your sin that taught you to talk this way. You chose an education in fraud. Your own words have exposed your guilt. It’s nothing I’ve said—you’ve incriminated yourself! Do you think you’re the first person to have to deal with these things? Have you been around as long as the hills? Were you listening in when God planned all this? Do you think you’re the only one who knows anything? What do you know that we don’t know? What insights do you have that we’ve missed? Gray beards and white hair back us up— old folks who’ve been around a lot longer than you. Are God’s promises not enough for you, spoken so gently and tenderly? Why do you let your emotions take over, lashing out and spitting fire, Pitting your whole being against God by letting words like this come out of your mouth? Do you think it’s possible for any mere mortal to be sinless in God’s sight, for anyone born of a human mother to get it all together? Why, God can’t even trust his holy angels. He sees the flaws in the very heavens themselves, So how much less we humans, smelly and foul, who lap up evil like water?
Does a wise man answer with windy bluster? Does he fill his belly with the hot east wind?
“Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and fill themselves with the east wind?
Empty words, Job! Empty words!
Whether a wise man shall answer, as speaking against the wind, and shall fill his stomach with burning, that is ire? (Would a wise man answer someone, whose speaking is merely wind, and who filleth his stomach with hot air?)
Job, if you had any sense,
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
“Should the wise answer with windy knowledge and fill themselves with the east wind?
‘Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and fill themselves with the east wind?
Will the wise respond with windy knowledge and fill their belly with the east wind?
“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard] And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Does a wise man answer with windy opinions, or puff himself up with the east wind?
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
“·A wise person would not [L Should a wise person…?] answer with ·empty [L windy] words or fill his stomach with the hot east wind.
“Does a wise man answer with empty knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
“Job, would a wise person answer with a lot of meaningless talk? Would they fill their stomach with the hot east wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
“Should a wise man answer with hot-air arguments? Should he fill up his belly with the hot east wind?
‘Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and fill themselves with the east wind?
Should a chacham (wise man) utter vain knowledge, and fill his inner being with the east wind?
“Should a wise person answer with endless details and fill his stomach with the east wind?
“Should a wise man reply with empty knowledge and fill his lungs with the east wind?
“If you were really wise, you would not answer with your worthless personal opinions! A wise man would not be so full of hot air.
“A wise man would not answer with empty words. He would not fill his stomach with hot, east wind.
“Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and should he fill his stomach with the east wind?
‘Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
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