Job 15:11

Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

In Context

10There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.

12Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things ?

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:24And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee?

Job 11:13Rut thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.

Job 15:8Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?

Psalms 77:3In the day of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted:

2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforteth the humble, comforted us 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 →

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