# Job 15 đź“–: Eliphaz Speaks Again
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#đź’¬ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đź”— Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đź“‚ Internal Notes]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Eliphaz’s Second Speech
[[#Verse 01.]]Â Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
[[#Verse 02.]] “Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge,
or fill his belly with the east wind?
[[#Verse 03.]] Does he argue with useless talk,
with words that have no value in them?
[[#Verse 04.]] But you even break off piety,
and hinder meditation before God.
[[#Verse 05.]] Your sin inspires your mouth;
you choose the language of the crafty.
[[#Verse 06.]] Your own mouth condemns you, not I;
your own lips testify against you.
[[#Verse 07.]] “Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
[[#Verse 08.]] Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
[[#Verse 09.]] What do you know that we don’t know?
What do you understand that we don’t understand?
[[#Verse 10.]] The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
men far older than your father.
[[#Verse 11.]] Are God’s consolations too trivial for you,
or a word spoken in gentleness to you?
[[#Verse 12.]] Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
[[#Verse 13.]] when you turn your rage against God
and allow such words to escape from your mouth?
[[#Verse 14.]]Â What is man that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
[[#Verse 15.]] If God places no trust in his holy ones,
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
[[#Verse 16.]]Â how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt,
who drinks in evil like water!
[[#Verse 17.]] “I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,
[[#Verse 18.]] what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,
[[#Verse 19.]]Â to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
[[#Verse 20.]] All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.
[[#Verse 21.]] Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.
[[#Verse 22.]] He does not expect to escape from darkness;
he is marked for the sword;
[[#Verse 23.]] he wanders about—food for vultures—
he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
[[#Verse 24.]] Distress and anguish terrify him;
they prevail against him
like a king ready to launch an attack,
[[#Verse 25.]]Â for he stretches out his hand against God,
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
[[#Verse 26.]]Â defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield!
[[#Verse 27.]]Â Because he covered his face with fat,
and made his hips bulge with fat,
[[#Verse 28.]]Â he lived in ruined towns
and in houses where no one lives,
where they are ready to crumble into heaps.
[[#Verse 29.]]Â He will not grow rich,
and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the land.
[[#Verse 30.]]Â He will not escape the darkness;
a flame will wither his shoots
and he will depart
by the breath of God’s mouth.
[[#Verse 31.]]Â Let him not trust in what is worthless,
deceiving himself;
for worthlessness will be his reward.
[[#Verse 32.]] Before his time he will be paid in full,
and his branches will not flourish.
[[#Verse 33.]]Â Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall,
and like an olive tree
he will shed his blossoms.
[[#Verse 34.]]Â For the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.
[[#Verse 35.]] They conceive trouble and bring forth evil;
their belly prepares deception.”
## đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Chapter 15 begins the second cycle of speeches.
2. Eliphaz calls Job's words a hot east wind (15:2), the dry desert wind known for scorching crops.
3. Eliphaz mocks Job by asking if he was the first man ever born or was brought forth before the hills (15:7).
4. The image of being born before the hills echoes wisdom's description of herself in Proverbs 8:25.
5. Eliphaz asks if Job has listened in on God's council (15:8).
6. Eliphaz repeats his earlier point that no human is pure before God (15:14-16; 4:17-19).
7. Eliphaz describes the wicked as running at God with a thick shield (15:26).
8. Eliphaz says the wicked are like a vine that drops its unripe grapes (15:33).
9. The second cycle focuses almost entirely on the fate of the wicked.
10. Eliphaz says he speaks from the wisdom of the elders, who are older than Job's father (15:10).
## 🧠Chapter Summary
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the true Comforter. Eliphaz asked whether God's comforts were too small for Job (15:11), but the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is the God of all comfort, and through Christ our comfort overflows (2 Corinthians 1:3-5).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## đź’¬ Discussion Questions
1. Eliphaz says Job's own mouth condemns him (15:6). How can we be quick to judge others by their words in pain?
2. Eliphaz asks if God's comforts are too small for Job (15:11). What comforts from God have you found most real?
3. How can we tell the difference between truth spoken in love and truth used as a weapon?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- đź“– verse 4: Eliphaz claims Job is undermining the fear of God.
- đź“– verse 11: Eliphaz asks if God's comforts are too small for Job.
- đź“– verse 14: Eliphaz asks how a person born of woman can be righteous.
## đź”— Related Passages/Cross Reference
- đź”— [[2 Corinthians 01#Verse 03.|2 Corinthians 1:3-5]] - The God of all comfort.
- đź”— [[Isaiah 40#Verse 01.|Isaiah 40:1]] - Comfort, comfort My people.
- đź”— [[Ephesians 04#Verse 15.|Ephesians 4:15]] - Speak the truth in love.
- đź”— [[Matthew 07#Verse 01.|Matthew 7:1-5]] - First remove the beam from your own eye.
- đź”— [[Proverbs 12#Verse 18.|Proverbs 12:18]] - Reckless words pierce like a sword.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
đź“ť SOAP: [[Job 15 - SOAP|Only God Brings True Comfort]]
## đź“‚ Internal Notes