Job 15:17

"how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the severity of a person who not only sins but revels in it, comparing such an individual to someone who drinks iniquity as if it were water, emphasizing their deep corruption and moral degradation. Such a man's sin is seen as far worse than that of others, illustrating the profound impact of willful disobedience and persistent evil.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I will show thee ... -The remainder of this chapter is a violent declamation, designed to overwhelm Job with the proofs of personal guilt. Eliphaz professes to urge nothing which had not been handed down from his ancestors, and was the result of careful observation. What he says is made up of apothegms and maxims that were regarded as containing the results of ancient wisdom, all meaning that God would punish the wicked, or that the wicked would be treated according to their deserts.

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