“ Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? ”
Art thou the first man that was born? - Hast thou lived ever since the creation, and treasured up all the wisdom of past times, that thou dost now speak so arrogantly and confidently? This questi...
[Art] thou the (e) first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills? (e) That is, the most ancient and so by reason the most wise?
Job 15:2-19 is a polemic against Job's arrogance and pretence of wisdom. Job's words are empty and violent ( Job 15:2 f.). He does away with all religion ( Job 15:4 ) and breaks the reverential...
Art. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. made . brought forth.
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? Art thou the first man that was born? - Literally, "Wert thou born before Adam?" Art thou in the pristine state of purity...
Art thou the first man that was born?— Wast thou born before Adam? Schultens, Heath, &c.
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? i.e., Art thou wisdom personified? Wisdom existed before the hills - i:e., the eternal of God ( Proverbs 8:25 ; Psalm...
The Second Series of Speeches (Job 15-21) The rejection by Job of the opinions and advice of the friends, his sturdy maintenance of his innocence, and the fearlessness with which in his anguish he...
Art thou the first man that was born? — This is a retort upon Job 12:2 ; Job 12:7 ; Job 12:9 , where Job had claimed equal knowledge for the inanimate creation.
XIII. THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE Job 15:1-35 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE first colloquy has made clear severance between the old Theology and the facts of human life. No positive reconciliation is e...
“The Heavens Are not Clean” Job 15:1-35 The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He begins by rebuking Job, Job 15:1-16 . He complains that the words of Job proved him t...
Here the second cycle of argument begins, and again Eliphaz is the first speaker. It is at once evident that Job's answers had wounded him. He first criticized Job's manner, charging him with using...
(7) Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? (8) Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? (9) What knowest thou, that we know not?...
[Art] thou the first man [that] was born ?.... The first Adam, who was created in wisdom and knowledge, and had a large share of understanding in things natural, civil, and moral; knew much of God a...
Job 15:7 [Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills? Ver. 7. Art thou the first man that was born? ] Or, Wast thou made before Adam? Ut vox Rishon non signific...
Art thou the first man that was born? Hast thou lived ever since the creation of the world, and treasured up the experiences of all ages in thy own breast, that thou speakest so arrogantly and magi...
ELIPHAZ CLAIMS JOB CONDEMNS HIMSELF (vv.1-6) This response of Eliphaz lacks the measure of self-restraint he had shown in his first address. He had first at least spoken with a measure of consid...
Second Address of Eliphaz. B. C. 1520. 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, ...
Hast thou lived ever since the creation of the world, and treasured up the experiences of all ages in thy own breast, that thou speakest so arrogantly and magisterially, and with such contempt of oth...
SECOND COURSE OF DIALOGUES.—SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ Eliphaz less gentle and courteous than in his former speech. Probably irritated at his little success with Job, who rejected his friend’s cou...
Job 15:2 . Fill his belly with the east wind; a hot dry wind, the least favourable to vegetation. This is an angry figure of speech, equivalent to a declaration that Job's defence was a mere storm...
EXPOSITION The second colloquy between Job and his friends is, like the first (ch. 3-14.), one in which all of them take part, and the same order of speakers is maintained. Job answers each spea...
Eliphaz Attempts to Rebuke Job
Genesis 4:1 ; Job 12:12 ; Job 15:10 ; Job 38:4-41 ; Proverbs 8:22-25 ; Psalms 90:2