Job 15:11
Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
In Context
10Truly among us are both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.
12What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes aimed at,
Cross References
1 Kings 22:24And Sedekias the son of Chanaan came near and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord has spoken in thee?
Job 11:13For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up thine hands towards him;
Job 15:8Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?
Psalms 77:3All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us.
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 →