Job 15:1
in Job 15Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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ASV
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
KJV
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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This verse in Job 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseChap. xv. 1. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a wise man answer as if speaking into the wind, and fill his belly with burning? ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION We have already said frequently that blessed Job bears a type of the Holy Church universal, and that his friends bear the likeness of heretics, who as it were on the plea of defence of the Lord find occasion of foolish talking, and let loose insulting words against good men; to whom all is displeasing that is thought by the faithful, as though it were uttered to the wind.
This site's exposition
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied
on Job 15:1-3
Eliphaz opens his second speech with scorn, where his first speech in chapter 4 began with courtesy. The verb in "argue with useless words" is Job's word for pleading his case at 13:6. Henry notes that Eliphaz's three speeches grow more severe as Job keeps answering instead of yielding.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
After hearing Job's response, Eliphaz does not answer the depth of his reasoning but tries to calumniously misrepresent certain words Job has spoken and interpret them according to their superficial meaning, not the depth of their meaning. He first reproaches Job's statement in the beginning …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite,.... Or, who was of Teman, as the Targum, the first of Job's friends and comforters, the oldest of them, who first began the dispute with him; which was carried on by his two other companions, who had spoken in their turns; and now in course it fell to him to answer a second time, as he here does, and said, as follows.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֭יַּעַן | vaiyaan | and he answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
| אֱלִיפַ֥ז | ʾelifaz | Eliphaz | H464 → | 15 times |
| הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י | hateimani | the Temanite | H8489 → | 8 times |
| וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַ֭יַּעַןand he answered
vaiyaanH6030 →331 times
אֱלִיפַ֥זEliphaz
ʾelifazH464 →15 times
הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יthe Temanite
hateimaniH8489 →8 times
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃and he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together…
it leads to
- Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Job 42:11
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And…
- Romans 12:15
Through
Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Acts 9:6
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Acts 10:33
So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to…
- Hebrews 11:8
Through
Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as…
it leads to
- Job 32:2–3
This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
- Job 11:5–6
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
- Job 32:5
But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
- Job 32:2–3
About Job
This page draws on Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XII; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.