Job 15:1

Eliphaz

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Job 15:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
ESV
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
NLT
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
MSG
1 Eliphaz of Teman spoke a second time:
CSB
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 “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
3 Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
4 But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
5 Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

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