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Job 15:7
7“Were you the first man to be born [the original wise man], Or were you created before the hills?
Job 15:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
- New International Version (NIV)“Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills?
Context of Job 15:7
5For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning. 6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you. “Were you the first man to be born [the original wise man], Or were you created before the hills? 8Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself? 9What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not equally clear to us?
Read all of Job 15Job 15:7 word by word
הֲרִאישׁ֣וֹן אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 15:7
- Job 15:10Among us are both the gray-haired and the aged, Older than your father.
- Job 12:12With the aged [you say] is wisdom, And with long life is understanding.
- Genesis 4:1Now the man Adam knew Eve as his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a man (baby boy, son) with the help of the Lord.”
- Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.
- Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] God.
- Proverbs 8:22“The Lord created and possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old [were accomplished].
Commentaries on Job 15:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Art thou the first man that was born? - Literally, "Wert thou born before Adam?" Art thou in the pristine state of purity and innocence? Or art thou like Adam in his first state? It does not become the fallen descendant of a fallen parent to talk as thou dost. Made before the hills? - Did God create thee the beginning of his ways? or wert thou the first intelligent creature which his hands have formed?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Art 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 question was asked, because, in the estimation of Eliphaz and his friends, wisdom was supposed to be connected with long life, and with an opportunity for extended and varied observation; see Job 15:10. Job they regarded as comparatively a young man. Wast thou made…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8When the Lord later gave a similar challenge, Job found it convincing (38:1–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. That is, Art thou wisdom personified? Wisdom existed before the hills; that is, the eternal Son of God (Pr 8:25; Psa 90:2). Wast thou in existence before Adam? The farther back one existed, the nearer he was to the Eternal Wisdom.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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