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Job 15:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— To reason with a word not useful? And speeches—no profit in them?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Should hee reason with vnprofitable talke? or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Should he admonish with unprofitable talk, or with words that are worthless?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Should he reason 3198
{3198} Prime
יכח
yakach
{yaw-kahh'}
A primitive root; to be right (that is, correct); reciprocally to argue; causatively to decide, justify or convict.
z8687
<8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 1162
with unprofitable 5532
{5532} Prime
סָכַן
cakan
{saw-kan'}
A primitive root; to be familiar with; by implication to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
talk? 1697
{1697} Prime
דָּבָר
dabar
{daw-baw'}
From H1696; a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially a cause.
or with speeches 4405
{4405} Prime
מִלָּה
millah
{mil-law'}
From H4448 (plural masculine as if from the second form); a word; collectively a discourse; figuratively a topic.
wherewith he can do no x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
good? 3276
{3276} Prime
יָעַל
ya`al
{yaw-al'}
A primitive root; properly to ascend; figuratively to be valuable (objective useful, subjective benefited).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 15:1-16.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
he reason:

Job 13:4-5 But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value. ... O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Job 16:2-3 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all. ... Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 26:1-3 But Job answered and said, ... How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Malachi 3:13-15 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee? ... And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.
Matthew 12:36-37 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ... For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
1 Timothy 6:4-5 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, ... Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
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Jb 13:4; 16:2; 26:1. Mal 3:13. Mt 12:36. Col 4:6. 1Ti 6:4.

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