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Job 15:19 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Job 15:19 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 15 verse 19 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.”
Job 15:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 15:19
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them—Eliphaz claims the wise men's tradition comes from a pure, uncontaminated source: zar (זָר, 'stranger/foreigner') never passed among them. This appeals to ethnic and theological purity—their wisdom wasn't corrupted by outside influence. The phrase nittenah ha'aretz (נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ, 'the earth was given') echoes Genesis 1:28 and suggests original, Edenic wisdom.The supreme irony: Job is set in the land of Uz (likely Edomite territory), Job and his friends are probably non-Israelites, and the book itself represents 'foreign...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 15:19
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“after their generations”
“when he separated the children of men”
“for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.”