Job 15:16
אַף כִּֽי ־ נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ ־ שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
In Context
15הֵן בקדשו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא ־ זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו ׃
17אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע ־ לִי וְזֶֽה ־ חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה ׃
Cross References
Job 4:19אַף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי ־ חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר ־ בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי ־ עָֽשׁ ׃
Job 34:7מִי ־ גֶבֶר כְּאִיּוֹב יִֽשְׁתֶּה ־ לַּעַג כַּמָּֽיִם ׃
Psalms 14:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד אָמַר נָבָל בְּלִבּוֹ אֵין אֱלֹהִים הִֽשְׁחִיתוּ הִֽתְעִיבוּ עֲלִילָה אֵין עֹֽשֵׂה ־ טֽוֹב ׃
Proverbs 19:28עֵד בְּלִיַּעַל יָלִיץ מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יְבַלַּע ־ אָֽוֶן ׃
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 →