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Job 15:8
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6 aYour own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you. 
7 “Are you the first man who was born?
aOr were you made before the hills? 
8 aHave you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself? 
9 aWhat do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us? 
10 aBoth the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father. 
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you,
And the word spoken1 gently with you? 
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
And1 what do your eyes wink at, 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Job 15:8

secret—rather, "Wast thou a listener in the secret council of God?" The Hebrew means properly the cushions of a divan on which counsellors in the East usually sit. God's servants are admitted to God's secrets (Psalms 25:14; Genesis 18:17; John 15:15).

restrain—Rather, didst thou take away, or borrow, thence (namely, from the divine secret council) thy wisdom? Eliphaz in this (Job 15:8-9) retorts Job's words upon himself (Job 12:2-3; Job 13:2).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 15:8:

Job 15:8
Job 15:11
Job 38:4
Jeremiah 23:18
Romans 11:34-35

 

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