Job 15:7
The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
In Context
6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
8Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
Cross References
Genesis 4:1And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, 'I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'
Job 15:10Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us — Greater than thy father [in] days.
Psalms 90:2Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.
Proverbs 8:25Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, 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 →