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Job 15

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 15 of 42

1 ¶ And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

2 Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

3 Should he reason with speaking that is not being of benefit, or with words having no profit in them?

4 Yea, you do away with fear and take away devotion before God.

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Chapter Summary

1 Eliphaz reproves Job of impiety in justifying himself. 17 He proves by tradition the unquietness of wicked men.

Key Hebrew Words

רָשָׁע wicked one H7563 · TWOT 2222b
יִרְאָה fear, reverence H3374 · TWOT 907b
חׇכְמָה wisdom H2451 · TWOT 647a
עָוֺן iniquity H5771 · TWOT 1577a
פַּ֫חַד dread H6343 · TWOT 1756a
שָׁוְא vanity, emptiness H7723 · TWOT 2338a

People & Context

Eliphaz the Temanite

Answers Job a second time, accusing him of impiety and describing the lifelong torment of the wicked

Job

Addressed throughout as the one whose own mouth condemns him and who turns his spirit against God

God

Named by Eliphaz as the Almighty whose holy ones and heavens are not clean in His eyes, and against whom the wicked man strives

Timeline

Eliphaz's Second Speech: Job Condemns Himself

Eliphaz rebukes Job for speaking with windy knowledge and doing away with reverence for God. He claims Job's own lips testify against him and questions if Job has a monopoly on wisdom.

Job 15:1-16
Eliphaz Describes the Fate of the Wicked

Eliphaz recounts the traditional wisdom that the wicked writhe in pain, live in fear, and are destined for darkness and ruin because they stretch out their hands against God.

Job 15:17-35

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