Job 15:3
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Should hee reason with vnprofitable talke? or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good?
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- Colossians 4:6Rank 1 from verse 3
- Matthew 12:36–37Rank 2 from verse 3
36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
36But I say vnto you, That euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue accompt thereof in the day of Iudgement.
37For by thy wordes thou shalt bee iustified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- 1 Timothy 6:4–5Rank 3 from verse 3
4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
4Hee is ‖proud, knowing nothing, but ‖doting about questions, and strifes of wordes, whereof commeth enuie, strife, railings, euill surmisings,
5†Peruerse disputings of men of corrupt mindes, and destitute of the trueth, supposing that gaine is godlinesse: From such withdraw thy selfe.
- Job 13:4–5Rank 4 from verse 3
- Job 16:2–3Rank 5 from verse 3
- Job 26:1–3Rank 6 from verse 3
1BUT Job answered and said,
2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
1¶ But Iob answered and sayd,
2Howe hast thou helped him that is without power? how sauest thou the arme that hath no strength?
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisedome? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing, as it is?
- Malachi 3:13–15Rank 7 from verse 3
13¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
13¶ *Your words haue bin stout against me, saith the LORD, yet ye say, What haue we spoken so much against thee?
14††Ye haue said, It is vaine to serue God: and what profit is it, that we haue kept his ordinance, and that wee haue walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
15†*And now we call the proud happy: yea, they that worke wickednes are set vp, yea they that tempt God, are euen deliuered.
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Job 15:3
A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A ground or cause; understanding or judgment; to think, discuss, or argue.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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unprofitable
Producing no improvement or advantage; useless; serving no purpose.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To speak or converse; speech or conversation.
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Spoken statements, sayings, addresses, discourses, arguments, or connected expressions of thought.
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With which, by which, or by means of which.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
2Should a wise man vtter †vaine knowledge, and fill his belly with the East winde?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
3Should hee reason with vnprofitable talke? or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good?
Selected passage4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
4Yea †thou castest off feare, and restrainest ‖prayer before God.