Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Ver. 7. Is wisdom nowhere in Teman?] The Edomites, and especially the Temanites (of whom Eliphaz, Job's friend, was one), were famous for wisdom, Oba 1:8 which although it be of excellent use for putting things to the best, yet without the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom, Pro 1:7 and his blessing, it proveth not only unprofitable, but pernicious also. It is, saith James, "earthly, sensual, and devilish." See what the Scripture speaketh of it. Job 12:2 ; Job 12:12,13 1Co 3:18-21