Job 15:7

Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

In Context

6It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

8Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

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Cross References

Genesis 4:1And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.

Job 15:10With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.

Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

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 →

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