Job 15:7
Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
BSB
ASV
Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
KJV
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Art 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.
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Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
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Job 15:10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
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So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.