Job 15:10

"What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?"

Key Reflection

In Job 15:10, Eliphaz challenges Job's perspective, suggesting that the elders present possess wisdom and understanding that Job lacks. This reflects a common theme in biblical literature where experienced sages or leaders are seen as repositories of deeper knowledge and insight.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

With us are both the gray headed -That is, some of us who are here are much older than thy father; or we express the sentiments of such aged men. Job had admittedJob 12:12, that with the aged was wisdom, and in length of days understanding; and Eliphaz here urges that on that principle he and his friends had a claim to be heard. It would seem from this, that Job was very far from being regarded as an old man, and would probably be esteemed as in middle life. The Targum (Chaldee) refers this to Eliphaz himself and his two friends.

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