Giobbe 15:17

17 Io voglio ammaestrarti; porgimi ascolto, e ti racconterò quello che ho visto,

Giobbe 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 ) .

Giobbe 15:17 In-Context

15 Ecco, Iddio non si fida nemmeno de’ suoi santi, i cieli non son puri agli occhi suoi;

16 quanto meno quest’essere abominevole e corrotto, l’uomo, che tracanna l’iniquità come l’acqua!

17 Io voglio ammaestrarti; porgimi ascolto, e ti racconterò quello che ho visto,

18 quello che i Savi hanno riferito senza nulla celare di quel che sapean dai padri,

19 ai quali soli è stato dato il paese; e in mezzo ai quali non è passato lo straniero.