“"Will the wise answer as if he speaks in the wind, or will he fill his stomach with ardor?" [Eliphaz] wants to demonstrate that Job's longwinded speech is a proof of foolishness and that the words Job said were dictated by anger and not suggested by reason. "Will the wise answer as if he speaks in the wind?" Since hol…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 15:1-3
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2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
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1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
— Job 15:2 —
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.