God’s Word Translation
Job 15:7
7“Were you the first human to be born? Were you delivered before the hills ⌞existed⌟?
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
5Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose ⌞to talk with⌟ a sly tongue. 6Your ⌞own⌟ mouth condemns you, not I. Your lips testify against you. “Were you the first human to be born? Were you delivered before the hills ⌞existed⌟? 8Did you listen in on God’s council meeting and receive a monopoly on wisdom? 9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t?
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 15:10Both the old and the gray-haired are among us. They are older than your father.
- Job 12:12“Wisdom is with the ancient one. The one who has had many days has insight.
- Genesis 4:1Adam made love to his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have gotten the man that the Lord promised.”
- Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me if you have ⌞such⌟ insight.
- Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, you were God. You are God from everlasting to everlasting.
- Proverbs 8:22“The Lord already possessed me long ago, when his way began, before any of his works.
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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