Job 15:7
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
- KJV
- Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
- WEB
- “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
- ASV
- Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
- DARBY
- Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
- BLB
- Were you born [as] the first man? And were you formed before the face of the hills?
- ÅB
- Ble du født først av alle mennesker, eller kom du til verden før alle haugene var til?
- OTB
- "Var du det første mennesket som noen gang ble født?
Ble du brakt frem før fjellene? - B1930
- Blev du født først av alle mennesker, eller kom du til verden før alle haugene var til?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Read in contextJob 38:4–41
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Read in contextJob 12:12
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Read in contextProverbs 8:22–25
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Read in contextGenesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Read in contextJob 15:10
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
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