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Job 15:7
7You were not the first human to be born. You were not alive when God made 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
5It is your sin that causes you to speak like that. You try to say clever things that will deceive people. 6I do not need to show that you are guilty. Your own words show that you are wrong. You were not the first human to be born. You were not alive when God made the hills. 8You do not know God's secret plans. You are not the only wise person in the world. 9You do not know any more than we know. We understand as much as you do.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:7 word by word
הֲרִאישׁ֣וֹן אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:7
- Job 15:10The old men agree with us. They are older and wiser even than your father.
- Job 12:12Old people are often wise. People who have lived for a long time understand things better.
- Genesis 4:1Adam had sex with his wife, Eve. She became pregnant. She gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the Lord's help, I have given birth to a son.’
- Job 38:4Were you with me when I made the world? If you think you are so clever, tell me all about it!
- Psalms 90:2From before the mountains began, and before you made the world, you were already there, as God. You have no beginning and no end.
- Proverbs 8:22The Lord created me as the first thing that he did. That was the first of his acts long ago.
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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