Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 15:3 · retained source text
Should hee reason with vnprofitable talke? or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good?
KJV dictionary & concordance
unprofitable
Meaning of “unprofitable”
Producing no improvement or advantage; useless; serving no purpose.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
7 occurrences7 verses7 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Job 15:3
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Every verse containing “unprofitable”
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 25:30 · retained source text
And cast yee the vnprofitable seruant into outer darkenesse, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 17:10 · retained source text
So likewise ye, when ye shal haue done all those things which are commanded you, say, Wee are vnprofitable seruants: Wee haue done that which was our duety to doe.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 3:12 · retained source text
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become vnprofitable, there is none that doeth good, no not one.
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Titus 3:9 · retained source text
But auoyd foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and striuings about the lawe; for they are vnprofitable and vaine.
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philemon 1:11 · retained source text
Which in time past was to thee vnprofitable: but now profitable to thee and to me:
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hebrews 13:17 · retained source text
Obey them that haue the rule ouer you, and submit your selues: for they watch for your soules, as they that must giue account, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.
1611 marginal noteOr, guide.
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Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗Producing no improvement or advantage; useless; serving no purpose.