Job 15:17
Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
In Context
16How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
18(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;
Cross References
Job 5:27See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.
Job 13:5If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!
Job 34:2Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
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 →