Job 15:1

Eliphaz Speaks

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Job 15:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:1

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite
Or, who was of Teman, as the Targum, the first of Job's friends and comforters, the oldest of them, who first began the dispute with him; which was carried on by his two other companions, who had spoken in their turns; and now in course it fell to him to answer a second time, as he here does,

and said,
as follows.

Job 15:1 In-Context

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2 Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind?

3 Should he argue with useless talk or with words that serve no good purpose?

4 But you even undermine the fear [of God] and hinder meditation before Him.

5 Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty.