Verse 7
Job 15:7
New Living Translation
7
“Were you the first person ever born?<br>Were you born before the hills were made?<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/רִאישׁ֣וֹן אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ
English Translation
The first man will be born, and before the hills you will bring forth.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 15 Context
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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“A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk!<br>You are nothing but a windbag.<br>
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The wise don’t engage in empty chatter.<br>What good are such words?<br>
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Have you no fear of God (Elohim),<br>no reverence for him?<br>
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Your sins are telling your mouth what to say.<br>Your words are based on clever deception.<br>
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Your own mouth condemns you, not I.<br>Your own lips testify against you.<br>
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“Were you the first person ever born?<br>Were you born before the hills were made?<br>
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Were you listening at God (Elohim)’s secret council?<br>Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?<br>
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What do you know that we don’t?<br>What do you understand that we do not?<br>
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On our side are aged, gray-haired men<br>much older than your father!<br>
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“Is God (Elohim)’s comfort too little for you?<br>Is his gentle word not enough?<br>
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What has taken away your reason?<br>What has weakened your vision,<br>
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that you turn against God (Elohim)<br>and say all these evil things?<br>
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Can any mortal be pure?<br>Can anyone born of a woman be just?<br>
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Look, God (Elohim) does not even trust the angels.<br>Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in hi...
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How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person<br>with a thirst for wickedness!<br>
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“If you will listen, I will show you.<br>I will answer you from my own experience.<br>
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And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men<br>who have heard the same thing from their fathers —...
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from those to whom the land was given<br>long before any foreigners arrived.<br>
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“The wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives.<br>Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthles...
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The sound of terror rings in their ears,<br>and even on good days they fear the attack of the destro...
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They dare not go out into the darkness<br>for fear they will be murdered.<br>
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They wander around, saying, ‘Where can I find bread?’<br>They know their day of destruction is near....
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That dark day terrifies them.<br>They live in distress and anguish,<br>like a king preparing for bat...
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For they shake their fists at God (Elohim),<br>defying the Almighty.<br>
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Holding their strong shields,<br>they defiantly charge against him.<br>
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“These wicked people are heavy and prosperous;<br>their waists bulge with fat.<br>
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But their cities will be ruined.<br>They will live in abandoned houses<br>that are ready to tumble d...
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Their riches will not last,<br>and their wealth will not endure.<br>Their possessions will no longer...
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“They will not escape the darkness.<br>The burning sun will wither their shoots,<br>and the breath o...
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Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches,<br>for emptiness will be their only...
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They will be cut down in the prime of life;<br>their branches will never again be green.<br>
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They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early,<br>like an olive tree that loses its...
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For the godless are barren.<br>Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.<br>
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They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.<br>Their womb produces deceit.”<br>
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