Job 15 · Verse 19

Job 15:19

Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Job 15:19, King James Version

Job 15:19 in other translations

BSBto whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
WEBto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
ASVUnto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
YLTTo them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
DARBYUnto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
BBEFor only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:)
WebsterTo whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

What does Job 15:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. Eliphaz speaks like a genuine Arab when he boasts that his ancestors had ever possessed the land unmixed with foreigners [Umbreit]. His words are intended to oppose Job's (Job 9:24); "the earth" in their case was not "given into the hand of the wicked." He refers to the division of the earth by divine appointment (Ge 10:5; 25:32). Also he may insinuate that Job's sentiments had been corrupted from original purity by his vicinity to the Sabeans and Chaldeans [Rosenmuller].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given - He very likely refers to the Israelites, who got possession of the promised land from God himself; no stranger being permitted to dwell in it, as the old inhabitants were to be exterminated. Some think that Noah and his sons may be intended; as it is certain that the whole earth was given to them, when there were no strangers - no other family of mankind - in being. But, system apart, the words seem to apply more clearly to the Israelites.

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…

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Job 15:19 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.

לָהֶ֣םla.Hemto them
לְ֭בַדָּםLe.va.domto alone themH905
נִתְּנָ֣הni.te.Nahit was givenH5414
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
עָ֖בַר'A.varhe passedH5674
זָ֣רzara strangerH2114
בְּתוֹכָֽם\׃be.to.Khamin midst theirH8432

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

Cross references for Job 15:19

  • Joel 3:17

    So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

  • Deuteronomy 32:8

    When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

  • Genesis 10:25

    And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

  • Genesis 10:32

    These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Unto whom.
Ge 10:25,32; De 32:8; Joe 3:17

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

Context

  • Job 15:18

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

  • Job 15:19

    Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

  • Job 15:20

    The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

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Job 15:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		A los cuales solos fué dada la tierra, y no pasó extraño por medio de ellos:)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		À eux seuls la terre fut donnée, et aucun étranger ne passa au milieu d’eux: –
German
Elberfelder 1871		ihnen allein war das Land übergeben, und kein Fremder zog durch ihre Mitte; -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quibus solis data est terra, et non transivit alienus per eos.