Job 15 · Verse 17

Job 15:17

I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
Job 15:17, King James Version

Job 15:17 in other translations

BSBListen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
WEB“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
ASVI will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare
YLTI shew thee--hearken to me--And this I have seen and declare:
DARBYI will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
BBETake note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:
WebsterI will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen, I will declare;

What does Job 15:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. In direct contradiction of Job's position (Job 12:6, &c.), that the lot of the wicked was the most prosperous here, Eliphaz appeals (1) to his own experience, (2) to the wisdom of the ancients.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare - Eliphaz is now about to quote a whole collection of wise sayings from the ancients; all good enough in themselves, but sinfully misapplied to the case of Job.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 15:17-35
Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish very miserably. Will the prosperity of presumptuous sinners end miserably as here described? Then let the mischiefs which befal others, be our warnings. Though no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous, nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness to them that are exercised thereby. No calamity, no trouble, however heavy, however severe, can rob a follower of the Lord of his favour. What shall separate him from the love of Christ?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 15:17 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.

אֲחַוְךָ֥'a.chav.KhaI will tell youH2331
שְֽׁמַֽע\־she.ma'-listenH8085
לִ֑יLito me
וְזֶֽה\־ve.zeh-and whatH2088
חָ֝זִ֗יתִיcha.Zi.tiI have seenH2372
וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה\׃va.'a.sa.Pe.rahand I will recountH5608

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

Cross references for Job 15:17

  • Job 33:1

    Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

  • Job 13:5-6

    O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

  • Job 5:27

    Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

  • Job 34:2

    Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

  • Job 36:2

    Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hear me.
5:27; 13:5,6; 33:1; 34:2; 36:2

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

Context

  • Job 15:16

    How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  • Job 15:17

    I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

  • Job 15:18

    Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

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Job 15:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Escúchame; yo te mostraré y te contaré lo que he visto:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je t’enseignerai, écoute-moi; et ce que j’ai vu je te le raconterai,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich will dirs berichten, höre mir zu; und was ich gesehen, will ich erzählen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ostendam tibi: audi me: quod vidi, narrabo tibi.