Job 15:7
Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
In Context
6Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you.
8Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you?
Cross References
Genesis 4:1Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.”
Job 15:10There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers.
Psalms 90:2He will say to the Lord, “You are my supporter and my refuge.” My God, I will hope in him.
Proverbs 8:25The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.
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 →