Job 15:2

New Catholic Bible

²“Would a wise man respond with empty arguments
and make himself a windbag?^[a]

Job 15:2 And make himself a windbag: literally, “and fill himself with a hot east wind,” i.e., the sirocco that comes in from the desert.

Job 15:2

New International Version

²“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?^(A)

²Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

³Would he fill his defense with pointless talk
and speeches that serve no purpose?

³Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?^(A)

³Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

New Catholic Bible (NCB)

New International Version (NIV)