Job 15:7
The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
In Context
6Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
Cross References
Genesis 4:1Now, the man, having come to know Eve his wife,—she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a Man, even Yahweh!
Job 15:10Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
Psalms 90:2Before, the mountains, were born, Or thou hadst brought forth the earth and the world, Even, from age to age, thou, [wast] GOD.
Proverbs 8:25Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been 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 →