Tree of Life Version
Job 15:15
15If He puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
Job 15:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
- New International Version (NIV)If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
- New King James Version (NKJV)If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
Context of Job 15:15
13so that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth? 14“What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous? If He puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, 16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks evil like water! 17I will tell you; listen to me, and what I have seen I will declare,
Read all of Job 15Job 15:15 word by word
הֵ֣ן בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:15
- Job 4:18If He puts no trust in His servants and accuses His angels of error,
- Job 25:5If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in His eyes,
- Isaiah 6:2Seraphim were standing above Him. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Commentaries on Job 15:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight - The Vulgate has, "Behold, among his saints, none is immutable; and the heavens are not clean in his sight." Coverdale - Beholde, he hath found unfaithfulnesse amonge his owne sanctes, yea the very heavens are unclene in his sight. Eliphaz uses the same mode of speech, Job 4:17-18; (note); where see the notes. Nothing is immutable but God: saints may fall; angels may…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints - In Job 4:18, it is, “in his servants,” but no doubt the same thing is intended. The reference is to the angels, called there servants, and here saints קדשׁים qôdeshı̂ym holy ones; see the notes at Job 4:18. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight - In Job 4:18, “and his angels he charged with folly.” The general idea is the same. God is so holy that all things else seem to be impure. The very heavens seem…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The heavens, often linked with what is pure, were not completely pure (Exodus 24:10). Rebellious angels may have brought pollution (Job 1:6–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Repeated from Job 4:18; "servants" there are "saints" here; namely, holy angels. heavens--literally, or else answering to "angels" (see on Job 4:18, and Job 25:5).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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