Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Or with words which are not profitable?
King James Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Holman Bible
or with words that serve no good purpose?
International Standard Version
Should he engage in unprofitable argument, or give a speech that benefits no one?
A Conservative Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
American Standard Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Amplified
“Should he rebuke and argue with useless talk?
Or with words in which there is no benefit?
Bible in Basic English
Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
Darby Translation
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
Julia Smith Translation
Reproving with words he shall not profit, and speeches will be of no use in them.
King James 2000
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?
Modern King James verseion
Should he reason with talk that is not useful, or with speeches which have no profit?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou reprovest with words, that are worth nothing; and speakest the things which can do no good!
NET Bible
Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?
New Heart English Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
The Emphasized Bible
Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?
Webster
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?
World English Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
Youngs Literal Translation
To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?
Interlinear
Yakach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
2
"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3
Or with words which are not profitable?
Phrases
Cross References
Job 13:4-5
As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
Job 16:2-3
"I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.
Job 26:1-3
Then Job answered and said:
Malachi 3:13-15
"Your words have been hard against me, says the LORD. But you say, 'How have we spoken against you?'
Matthew 12:36-37
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
1 Timothy 6:4-5
he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,