Job 15:16
Also — surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
In Context
15Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
17I shew thee — hearken to me — And this I have seen and declare:
Cross References
Job 4:19Also — the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)
Job 34:7Who [is] a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,
Psalms 14:1To the Overseer. — By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
Proverbs 19:28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
Romans 3:9What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,
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 →