Job 15:11
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
In Context
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
Cross References
1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?'
Job 11:13If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him —
Job 15:8Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Psalms 77:3(77-4) When I think thereon, O God, I must moan; when I muse thereon, my spirit fainteth. Selah
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 →