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Job 15:11

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Are the consolations of God small with thee?.... Meaning either those which Eliphaz and his friends had administered, when, upon his repentance and reformation, they promised him great and good things…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Are the consolations of God small with thee? - The “consolations of God” here refer probably to those considerations which had been suggested by Eliphaz and his friends, and which he takes to be the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz here falls very foul upon Job, because he contradicted what he and his colleagues had said, and did not acquiesce in it and applaud it, as they expected. Proud people are apt thus to take it…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

small with thee Rather, are the consolations of God too small for thee? do they seem to thee beneath thy deserts and notice? Num 16:9; Isa 7:13.

is there any secret thing with thee Rather, and a word…