Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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Gill's Exposition
Should he reason with unprofitable talk?.... That is, the wise man, such a man as Job; does it become him to talk such idle stuff? that which is false, and foolish, and frothy, that does not minister…
Barnes' Notes
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? - It does not become a man professing to be wise to make use of words that are nothing to the purpose. The sense is, that what Job said amounted to just…
Eliphaz here falls very foul upon Job, because he contradicted what he and his colleagues had said, and did not acquiesce in it and applaud it, as they expected. Proud people are apt thus to take it…
Cambridge Bible
Should he reason Or, will he reason, or better, reasoning with unprofitable talk. The verse is subordinate to the last, carrying out its idea.
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