That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
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That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
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That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
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That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Job 15:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 15:25-27 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty, he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers, because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
- James 3:2-6 For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also. Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires. So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
- Job 9:4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
- Job 10:3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
- Job 12:6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
- Psalms 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
- Malachi 3:13 “Your words have been stout against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
- Romans 8:7-8 because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be. Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
- James 1:26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, in thy spirit.
Hebrew, in thy spirit.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God,…
Job 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
Ver. 13. That thou turnest thy spirit against God] A foul fault surely, but merely for want of a fair interpretation. It is as if Eliphaz should have said, Thy spirit was right when thou bravely barest up under the afflicting hand of God, Job 1:13-22, but because patience hath not had her perfect work, as appeareth by thine angry expostulations, thy contesting with God, and chatting against him and his proceedings, therefore I conclude that thou art not perfect and entire, all is not right. Why doth thy spirit swell against God (so the Vulgate rendereth it)? "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him," that is certain, Hab 2:4, Quid tumet contra Deum Spiritus tuus.
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And lettest such words go out of thy mouth?] Contumelious and blasphemous words, not fit to be named. Bona verba, quaeso Eliphaz. True it is, Job had spoken some things more freely than was fitting, and not without a tincture of bitterness. But charity would have made the best of those speeches which you thus odiously aggravate against him; and have taught you to use the same equity toward others that you would have others use toward yourself. That faith (and so that love) is easily wrought which teacheth men to believe and think well of themselves, and worse of others. We will make a good exposition if we have but a good disposition.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain That, or for, or surely. Thy spirit, i.e. either…
That, or for, or surely. Thy spirit, i.e. either thy breath, or thy rage, or thy soul; for all these the spirit signifies. Heb. Thou makest thy spirit to return to, or to return again against, that God from whom thou didst receive it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain That thou turnest thy spirit against God,.... Not against…
That thou turnest thy spirit against God,.... Not against men, his friends only, but against God himself, being filled with wrath and indignation at him; showing the enmity of his heart unto him, and committing hostilities upon him, stretching out his hand, and strengthening himself against him, running upon him, on the thick bosses of his buckler, as after expressed:
and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? as in Job 9:22.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Against God - Eliphaz here does in effect give…
Against God - Eliphaz here does in effect give the cause on Satan's side, and affirms that Job had done as he said he would, Curse God to his face.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. That thou turnest thy spirit against God]…
Verse 13. That thou turnest thy spirit against God] The ideas here seem to be taken from an archer, who turns his eye and his spirit-his desire-against the object which he wishes to hit; and then lets loose his arrow that it may attain the mark.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain That thou turnest thy spirit - That your mind…
That thou turnest thy spirit - That your mind is turned against God instead of acquiescing in his dealings. The views of Job he traces to pride and to overweening self-confidence, and perhaps not improperly.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain That is, frettest against God and lettest fall rash…
That is, frettest against God and lettest fall rash words.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. turnest thy spirit] “Spirit” may be breath, i.…
13. turnest thy spirit] “Spirit” may be breath, i. e., anger, fury, ch. Job_4:9 “blast”; cf. Pro_16:32; Isa_25:4. The words against God are emphatic.
lettest such words go out] lit. bringest forth words out of thy mouth. The reference is less to the kind of words spoken than to the passionate manner in which they are uttered.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That thou turnest thy spirit against God. To Eliphaz…
That thou turnest thy spirit against God. To Eliphaz and his companions, the wild remonstrances of Job, Iris vehement expostulations and despairing outcries, are, one and all, nothing better than indications of a proud and rebellious spirit, that sets itself up against the Almighty, and openly contends with him. They view Job, after the speeches that he has made, as a declared rebel, and no longer regard it as incumbent upon them to use any "gentleness" in their reprimands. And lettest such words go out of thy mouth? It is remarkable that neither Eliphaz nor either of his friends ever points out what particular words of Job they object to and regard as impious, so as to give him the opportunity of defending, explaining, or retracting them. They take refuge in vague generalities, with which it is impossible to grapple. But this vagueness and want of logical accuracy is characteristic of the Oriental nations, who scarcely ever reason cogently or bring matters to a point.
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