Job 15:17
“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
In Context
16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
18(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
Cross References
Job 5:27Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
Job 13:5Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
Job 34:2“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
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 →