Job 15:8

Hast thou heard the secret of God?.... Or, "in the secret of God" (a), in his cabinet council, what was said and done there? hast thou stood in the council of God? hast thou been one of his privy…

Hast thou heard the secret of God? - literally, “in the secret of God hast thou heard” - הסוד hasôd. The word rendered “secret” (סוד sôd) means properly a “couch” or “cushion,” on which one reclines…

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…

Hast thou heard the secret Rather, didst thou listen in the council of God? Cf. Jer 23:22; Psa 89:7 (assembly = council).

dost thou restrain the wisdom Rather, didst thou draw wisdom to thyself? i. e.…