Job 15:17

Job 15:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
• New International Version (NIV)“Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,

Context of Job 15:17

15God does not even trust his own angels. He knows that they make mistakes. 16So he certainly will not trust people. People are wicked and cannot think true thoughts. They like to do evil things, as if they are drinking water! So listen to me. I will explain something to you. I will tell you what I have seen. 18These are things that wise men have taught me. They did not hide the truth. They learned these things from their ancestors. 19They were the people who received the land. No foreigners were there to deceive them.

Job 15:17 word by word

אֲחַוְךָ֥ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will shewחָוָהchâvâh · to explainH2331
• thee, hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• I have seenחָזָהchâzâh · to seeH2372
• I will declareסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608

Cross-references for Job 15:17

• Job 5:27We have thought carefully about these things. We know that they are true. So listen to what we say. Accept it and it will be good for you.’
• Job 13:5It would be better if you said nothing. That would be a wise thing for you to do.
• Job 33:1‘But now, Job, listen to the things that I will tell you. Listen carefully to everything that I will say.
• Job 34:2‘You men who are so wise and who know so much, listen to me. Hear what I have to say.
• Job 36:2‘Be patient a little bit longer, so that I can teach you some more. I still have more to say to show you that God is right.

Commentaries on Job 15:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare - Eliphaz is now about to quote a whole collection of wise sayings from the ancients; all good enough in themselves, but sinfully misapplied to the case of Job.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17I will show thee … - The remainder of this chapter is a violent declamation, designed to overwhelm Job with the proofs of personal guilt. Eliphaz professes to urge nothing which had not been handed down from his ancestors, and was the result of careful observation. What he says is made up of apothegms and maxims that were regarded as containing the results of ancient wisdom, all meaning that God would punish the wicked, or that the wicked would be treated…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-35Verses 17-35 Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-19when no foreigner passed among them: Eliphaz's contempt for foreign ideas is ironic. Wisdom literature is more international than other Old Testament writings.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. In direct contradiction of Job's position (Job 12:6, &c.), that the lot of the wicked was the most prosperous here, Eliphaz appeals (1) to his own experience, (2) to the wisdom of the ancients.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Eliphaz (2)
• Eliphaz

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