Job 15:1

1 Then Elifaz the Teimani spoke:

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 Elifaz the Teimani spoke:
2 "Should a wise man answer with hot-air arguments? Should he fill up his belly with the hot east wind?
3 Should he reason with useless talk or make speeches that do him no good?
4 "Why, you are abolishing fear of God and hindering prayer to him!
5 Your iniquity is teaching you how to speak, and deceit is your language of choice.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.