"Should. wise man answer with windy knowledge and fill himself with the east wind?" Eliphaz had been insulted by Job's long speeches, which he calls windy defenses, or like. hot east wind, the dreaded desert sirocco, "Job's words blew hard but were useless" (Bible Knowledge Comm. p. 736). Basically he is accusing Job of being. windbag and full of hot air.

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