Job 15:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

Young's Literal Translation
Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?

King James Bible
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Hebrew
“Does a wise
הֶֽחָכָ֗ם (he·ḥā·ḵām)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2450: Wise

man answer
יַעֲנֶ֥ה (ya·‘ă·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

with empty
ר֑וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

counsel
דַֽעַת־ (ḏa·‘aṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

or fill
וִֽימַלֵּ֖א (wî·mal·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

his belly
בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ (biṭ·nōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

with the hot east wind?
קָדִ֣ים (qā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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