Job 15:1

Good News Translation

Empty words, Job! Empty words! <

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Hebrew Names Version
Then Elifaz the Temanite answered,

King James Version
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

English Standard Version
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

New Century Version
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

New English Translation
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

Amplified Bible
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered [Job] and said,

New American Standard Bible
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

World English Bible
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Berean Standard Bible
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Contemporary English Version
Eliphaz's Second Speech Eliphaz from Teman said:

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Elifaz the Teimani spoke:

Darby Translation
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Eliphaz from Teman answered Job:

George Lamsa Translation
THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Lexham English Bible
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Literal Translation
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then answered Eliphas the Themanite, and sayde:

American Standard Version
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Bible in Basic English
And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

King James Version (1611)
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then aunswered Eliphaz the Themanite, and saide:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,

English Revised Version
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide,

Update Bible Version
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

New King James Version
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

New Living Translation
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

New Life Bible
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

New Revised Standard
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:

Revised Standard Version
Then Eli'phaz the Te'manite answered:

Young's Literal Translation
And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

Contextual Overview

¹ Empty words, Job! Empty words! <³ No one who is wise would talk the way you do or defend himself with such meaningless words. ⁴ If you had your way, no one would fear God; no one would pray to him. ⁵ Your wickedness is evident by what you say; you are trying to hide behind clever words. ⁶ There is no need for me to condemn you; you are condemned by every word you speak. ⁷ Do you think you were the first person born? Were you there when God made the mountains? ⁸ Did you overhear the plans God made? Does human wisdom belong to you alone? ⁹ There is nothing you know that we don't know. ¹⁰ We learned our wisdom from gray-haired people— those born before your father. ¹¹ God offers you comfort; why still reject it? We have spoken for him with calm, even words.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Eliphaz: Job 2:11, Job 4:1, Job 22:1, Job 42:7, Job 42:9

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."

Genesis 15:2
But Abram answered, "Sovereign Lord , what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.

Genesis 15:3
You have given me no children, and one of my slaves will inherit my property."

Genesis 15:4
Then he heard the Lord speaking to him again: "This slave Eliezer will not inherit your property; your own son will be your heir."

Genesis 15:5
The Lord took him outside and said, "Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that."

Genesis 15:6
Abram put his trust in the Lord , and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.

Genesis 15:10
Abram brought the animals to God, cut them in half, and placed the halves opposite each other in two rows; but he did not cut up the birds.

Genesis 15:14
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.

Genesis 15:16
It will be four generations before your descendants come back here, because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that they must be punished."

Genesis 15:17
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch suddenly appeared and passed between the pieces of the animals.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XV

Eliphaz charges Job with impiety in attempting to justify

himself, 1-13;

asserts the utter corruption and abominable state of man, 14-16;

and, from his own knowledge and the observations of the

ancients, shows the desolation to which the wicked are exposed,

and insinuates that Job has such calamities to dread, 17-35.

NOTES ON CHAP. XV