Geneva Bible Notes: Job 15

Job 15:1 ^! Eliphaz reprehendeth Job, because he ascribeth wisdome, and purenes to him self.

Job 15:2 ^a That is, vaine wordes, & without consolation?

Job 15:2 ^b Meaning, which matters that are of none impprtance which are forgotten as sone as they are vttered, as the East winde drieth vp the moisture as sone as it falleth.

Job 15:2 ^a That is, vaine wordes, & without consolation?

Job 15:2 ^b Meaning, which matters that are of none importance which are forgotten as sone as they are vttered, as the East winde drieth vp the moisture as sone as it falleth.

Job 15:4 ^c He chargeth Job as thogh his talke caused men to cast of the feare of God & prayer.

Job 15:5 ^d Thou speakest as do the mockers , and contemners of God.

Job 15:7 ^e That is, the most ancient, and so by reason the moste wise?

Job 15:8 ^f Art thou onely wise?

Job 15:11 ^g He accuseth Jobs pride, and ingratitude, that wil not be cmforted by God, nor by their counsel.

Job 15:12 ^h Why doest thou stand in thine owne conceite?

Job 15:13 ^/ Ebr. in thy spirit.

Job 15:14 ⁱ His purpose is to proue, that Job as an vnjust man & an hypocrite is punished for his sinnes, like as he did before, {Chap. 4,18}

Job 15:16 ^k Which hathe a desire to sinne as he that is thirstie to drinke.

Job 15:16 ^! He describeth the curse that falleth on the wicked, rekoning Job to be one of the nomber.

Job 15:19 ^l Who by their wisdome so gouerned, that no stranger inuaded them, & so the land semed to be giuen to them alone.

Job 15:20 ^m The cruel man is euer in danger of death, and is neuer quiet in conscience.

Job 15:22 ⁿ Out of that miserie where into he once falleth.

Job 15:23 ^o God doeth not onely impouerish the wicked oft times: but euen in their prosperitie he punisheth them with a gredines euer more to gather: which is as a beggerie.

Job 15:24 ^p He sheweth what weapons God vseth against the wicked which lift vp them selues against him, to wit, terror of conscience, & outward afflictions.

Job 15:27 ^q That is, he was so puft vp with great prosperitie, & abundance of all things, that he forgate God: noting, that Job in his felicitie had not the true feare of God.

Job 15:28 ^r Thogh he buylde & repare ruinous places to get him fame, yet God shal bring all to naught, and turne his great prosperitie into extreme miserie.

Job 15:29 ^s Meaning, that his sumpteous buyldings shulde neuer come to perfection.

Job 15:31 ^t He standeth so in his owne conceite, that he wil giue no place to good counsel, therefore his owne pride shal bring him to destruction.

Job 15:33 ^u As on that gathereth grapes before they be ripe.

Job 15:34 ^x Which were buylt or mainteined by ??? and briberie.

Job 15:35 ^y And therefore all their vaine deuises shal turne to their owne destruction.