"{Art} thou the first man {that} was born? or wast thou made before the hills?" — Job 15:7

Job 15:7 · KJV

“{Art} thou the first man {that} was born? or wast thou made before the hills?”

— Job 15:7

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Job 15 — Context

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. {uttereth: Heb. teacheth}

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

{Art} thou the first man {that} was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

What knowest thou, that we know not? {what} understandest thou, which {is} not in us?

Cross References

Psalms 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou {art} God.

Job 38:4-41

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. {hast...: Heb. knowest understanding}

Proverbs 8:22-25

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Job 12:12

With the ancient {is} wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Genesis 4:1

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. {Cain: that is, Gotten, or, Acquired}

Job 15:10

With us {are} both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.