Job 15:11
Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
In Context
10With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.
12Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;
Cross References
1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?
Job 11:13But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;
Job 15:8Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?
Psalms 77:3\77:2\In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.
2 Corinthians 7:6But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →