Job 15:1
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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- Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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- Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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- Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
- DARBY
- And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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- Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
- ÅB
- Da tok Elifas fra Teman til orde og sa:
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- Da talte Elifas fra Teman:
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- Da tok Elifas fra Teman til orde og sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Read in contextJob 42:7
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Read in contextJob 4:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Read in contextJob 42:9
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
Read in contextJob 22:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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