Job 15

"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

2 “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill himself with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain prayer before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty." vv.1-5

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Eliphaz speaks up for the second time now beginning with his concerns for Job's words of response in the previous chapters.  He calls Job out on using large and empty words as arguments to sound wise towards his friends.  The Hebrew in verse two literally means windy knowledge, i.e. windy science, and goes on in the next verses of unprofitable talk or speeches.  I thought of the debate between Ken Ham (creationist) and Bill Nye (evolutionist) and how to the world it appeared like Bill Nye won the debate but if you actually listen to his words he never responded to Ken Ham's questions or rebuked his answers directly as he instead talked around them and used big words or the same examples over and over again. It was windy science, filler words, he put on a good show but even he didn't know what he was talking about or how he couldn't answer directly.  In verse four he says that Job casts off fear and restrains prayer before God.  His pride of knowledge caused for no reverence of fear of God and using his own wisdom than praying and asking God for understanding.  When have you noticed yourself caught in this mindset and action?