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Read Job 15:2. To which type of wind is Job referring, and how does it play a role in what he is saying?
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This is a khamsin wind, with hot and dry air that comes from the desert from the East. Here the author is saying that empty words are like hot winds that scorch and dry a land.
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The Hot East wind is also known as a Khamsin wind. People did not like the wind because in brought hot temperatures and filled the air with fine dust and sand. T
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Job refers to a hot east wind which would evaporate ground water sources quickly. East winds in the Bible are often connected with scorching heat, dry temperatures, famine, withering and dry land.
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“Should his vain and useless knowledge puff him up with pride and self-conceit?” (Benson Commentary) In Acts 27: 14, the wind reference is a literal wind that could be felt and was damaging. The wind referred to in Job 15:2 is a figurative way of referring to the self-indulgence of Job talking uselessly to justify himself.
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Job is referring to the Khansin winds which are very dangerous. This type of wind produces both a dust and haze which it makes it difficult for trading goods and travel.