Job 15:1

1 Y respondió Elifaz temanita, y dijo

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 Y respondió Elifaz temanita, y dijo

2 ¿Por ventura el sabio responderá sabiduría ventosa, y llenará su vientre de viento solano

3 ¿Disputará con palabras inútiles, y con razones sin provecho

4 Tú también disipas el temor, y menoscabas la oración delante de Dios

5 Porque tu boca declaró tu iniquidad, pues has escogido el hablar de los astutos