Job 15:17

17 Je vais te parler, écoute-moi! Je raconterai ce que j'ai vu,

Job 15:17 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:17

I will show thee, hear me
Here Eliphaz proceeds to illustrate and make plain, to clear and defend, his former sentiment and proposition, and into which the rest of his friends came; that only wicked, and not righteous men, are afflicted of God, especially in such a manner as Job was; and he proposes to show things worthy of his regard, and not such vain and unprofitable things which Job had uttered; and, in order to stir up and engage his attention, he says what follows:

and that [which] I have seen I will declare;
what he had been an eyewitness of himself; the same he had observed, ( Job 4:8 ) ; and such testimonies are most regarded, and reckoned most authentic and creditable, especially when they come from men of character; see ( Luke 1:1 Luke 1:2 ) ( 1 John 1:1 ) .

Job 15:17 In-Context

15 Si Dieu n'a pas confiance en ses saints, Si les cieux ne sont pas purs devant lui,

16 Combien moins l'être abominable et pervers, L'homme qui boit l'iniquité comme l'eau!

17 Je vais te parler, écoute-moi! Je raconterai ce que j'ai vu,

18 Ce que les sages ont fait connaître, Ce qu'ils ont révélé, l'ayant appris de leurs pères.

19 A eux seuls appartenait le pays, Et parmi eux nul étranger n'était encore venu.