The Meaning of Job 15:17 Explained

Job 15:17

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

YLT: I shew thee -- hearken to me -- And this I have seen and declare:

Darby: I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

ASV: I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 15:17?

MEANING: What does Job 15:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 15:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 15:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 15:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 15:1-35 - "the Heavens Are Not Clean"
The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He begins by rebuking Job, Job 15:1-16. He complains that the words of Job proved him to be unwise, Job 15:2-3, and even impious, Job 15:4. His very speech testified to his iniquity, Job 15:5-6. With something of irony Eliphaz asks upon what Job's claim to superior wisdom rests. Was he the first man? Job 15:7. Or had he access to the secret counsel of God? Job 15:8. In refusing the counsel of his friends, Job 15:9-10, and the consolations of God they had offered, Job 15:11, r.v., had he not proved his want of wisdom? He had even proved his folly and his impiety, by attempting to assert his innocence before God, Job 15:12-14, in whose presence even the heavens were unclean, Job 15:15-16. It is clear that Eliphaz and his friends did not believe the sincerity of Job's protestations of innocence.
Eliphaz then attempts to instruct Job, Job 15:17-35. His theme is almost the same as that of his former speech. It is the righteousness of God as specially manifested in the punishment of the wicked. He claims that his doctrine is that of the wise men, Job 15:17-19; then proceeds to describe the wicked man as troubled in conscience and full of fear, Job 15:20-24; attributes this to his bold impiety, Job 15:25-28; and predicts his fearful doom, Job 15:29-35. The application of such teaching to Job must have been very painful. He insinuated that Job's terrible afflictions were God's testimony against his sin. We know better from John 11:4-5. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 15

1  Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself
17  He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men

What do the individual words in Job 15:17 mean?

I will tell you hear me and this I have seen and I will declare
אֲחַוְךָ֥ שְֽׁמַֽע־ לִ֑י וְזֶֽה־ חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה

אֲחַוְךָ֥  I  will  tell  you 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: חָוָה 
Sense: (Piel) to tell, declare, show, make known.
שְֽׁמַֽע־  hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
לִ֑י  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
וְזֶֽה־  and  this 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
חָ֝זִ֗יתִי  I  have  seen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: חָזָה  
Sense: to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide.
וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה  and  I  will  declare 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: סָפַר 
Sense: to count, recount, relate.

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