JANGLING.Jangling, says Chaucer in the Parsons Tale, is whan man speketh to moche before folk, and clappeth as a mille, and taketh no kepe what he seith. The word is used in 1Ti_1:6 vain jangling (RV [Note: Revised Version.] vain talking); and in the heading of 1Ti_6:1-21 to avoid profane janglings, where it stands for babblings in the text (1Ti_6:20).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
jan?gling (ματαιολογία, mataiologı́a, ?vain discourse? ?babbling?): This word is not found in the American Standard Revised Version; once only in the King James Version (1Ti_1:6). The American Standard Revised Version has ?vain talking,? instead of ?vain jangling,? and evidently means proud, self-conceited talking against what God has revealed and against God Himself.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.