Job 15:9 Meaning and Explanation
“What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz claims Job knows nothing that he and his friends do not also possess.
What Does Job 15:9 Mean?
Eliphaz now levels the ground in his own favor. Whatever Job knows, the friends know too; whatever Job understands is already theirs. He refuses to grant Job any insight that might challenge their shared assumptions about how God deals with people.
This is the voice of a closed mind, certain that it already possesses all relevant truth. Yet the whole book exposes how much these confident counselors do not know. The verse is a mirror for any of us who assume our circle has nothing left to learn. Before God's wisdom even the wisest are pupils, and the willingness to be taught something new is itself a mark of humility that Eliphaz here sorely lacks.
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What does Job 15:9 mean?
Eliphaz claims Job knows nothing that he and his friends do not also possess.