Job 15:7
Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
In Context
6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
8Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
Cross References
Genesis 4:1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
Job 15:10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were settled, 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 →