Job 15:7
Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Leeser Tanakh
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 must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
8Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?
Cross References
Genesis 4:1And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Job 15:10Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us,— richer than thy father in days.
Psalms 90:2Before yet the mountains were brought forth, or thou hadst ever produced the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were yet sunk down, before the hills was I 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 →