Job 15:1

Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God

1 Then ¹Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

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 answered and said:

2 "Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?

4 But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God.

5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Cross References

• 1. Job 2:11