Job 15:1

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 “A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk! You are nothing but a windbag.

3 The wise don’t engage in empty chatter. What good are such words?

4 Have you no fear of God, no reverence for him?

5 Your sins are telling your mouth what to say. Your words are based on clever deception.