Job 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
In Context
6Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
8Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
Cross References
Genesis 4:1And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.
Job 15:10There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
Proverbs 8:25The mountains with their huge bulk had not as 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 →