7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
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Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. …
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. …
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 very much amiss if they may not have leave to dictate and give law to all about them, and to censure those as ignorant and obstinate, and all that is naught, who cannot in every thing say as they say.…
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