Job 15 · Verse 11

Job 15:11

Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Job 15:11, King James Version

Job 15:11 in other translations

BSBAre the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
WEBAre the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
ASVAre the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
YLTToo few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word is with thee,
DARBYAre the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
BBEAre the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?
WebsterAre the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

What does Job 15:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. consolations--namely, the revelation which Eliphaz had stated as a consolatory reproof to Job, and which he repeats in Job 15:14. secret--Hast thou some secret wisdom and source of consolation, which makes thee disregard those suggested by me? (Job 15:8). Rather, from a different Hebrew root, Is the word of kindness or gentleness addressed by me treated by thee as valueless? [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? - Various are the renderings of this verse. Mr. Good translates the verse thus: "Are then the mercies of God of no account with thee?" or, "the addresses of kindness before thee?" The Vulgate thus: - "Can it be a difficult thing for God to comfort thee? But thou hinderest this by thy intemperate speeches." The Syriac and Arabic thus: - "Remove from thee the threatenings (Arabic, reproaches) of God, and speak tranquilly with thy own spirit." The Septuagint thus: - "Thou hast been scourged lightly for the sins which thou hast committed; and thou hast spoken greatly beyond measure; or, with excessive insolence." Houbigant thus: - "Dost thou not regard the threatenings of God; or, has there been any thing darkly revealed to thee." Coverdale: - Dost thou no more regarde the comforte of God? But thy wicked wordes wil not suffre the. Scarcely any two translators or interpreters agree in the translation, or even meaning of this verse. The sense, as expressed in the Vulgate, or in our own version, or that of Coverdale, is plain enough: - "Hast thou been so unfaithful to God, that he has withdrawn his consolations from thy heart? And is there any secret thing, any bosom sin, which thou wilt not give up, that has thus provoked thy Maker?" This is the sense of our version: and I believe it to be as near the original as any yet offered. I may just add the Chaldee - "Are the consolations of God few to thee? And has a word in secret been spoken unto thee?" And I shall close all these with the Hebrew text, and the literal version of Arius Montanus: - המעט ממך ינחומות אל hameat mimmecha tanchumoth el. ודבר לאט עמך vedabar laat immak. Nonne parum a te consolationes Dei? Et verbum latet tecum? "Are not the consolations of God small to thee? And does a word (or thing) lie hidden with thee?" Now, let the reader choose for himself.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz begins a second attack upon Job, instead of being softened by his complaints. He unjustly charges Job with casting off the fear of God, and all regard to him, and restraining prayer. See in what religion is summed up, fearing God, and praying to him; the former the most needful principle, the latter the most needful practice. Eliphaz charges Job with self-conceit. He charges him with contempt of the counsels…

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Job 15:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַמְעַ֣טham.'At¿ [too] littleH4592
מִ֭מְּךָMi.me.khafor youH4480
תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹתtan.chu.Mot[are] [the] consolations ofH8575
אֵ֑ל'ElGodH410
וְ֝דָבָ֗רve.da.Varand a wordH1697
לָאַ֥טla.'Atto <the> gentlenessH328
עִמָּֽךְ\׃'i.Makhwith youH5973

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 15:11

  • 2 Corinthians 1:3-5

    Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

  • Job 13:2

    What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

  • Job 5:8-26

    I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. …

  • 1 Kings 22:24

    But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?

  • 2 Corinthians 7:6

    Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

  • Job 36:16

    Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

  • Job 11:13-19

    If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: …

  • Job 15:8

    Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the consolations.
5:8-26; 11:13-19; 2Co 1:3-5; 7:6
is there.
8; 13:2; 1Ki 22:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 15:10

    With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

  • Job 15:11

    Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

  • Job 15:12

    Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

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Job 15:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿En tan poco tienes las consolaciones de Dios? ¿tienes acaso alguna cosa oculta cerca de ti?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Est-ce trop peu pour toi que les consolations de ✶Dieu et la parole douce qui se fait entendre à toi?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sind dir zu wenig die Tröstungen Gottes, und ein sanftes Wort an dich zu gering?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid grande est ut consoletur te Deus? sed verba tua prava hoc prohibent.