Bible Strands
Job 15:11
Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz speaks to Job during their second round of dialogue, positioning his question between his appeal to ancient authority in verse 10 and his accusation of Job’s pride in verse 12.
The words — תַּנְחֻמֹת (tanḥumōt) translates as consolations or comforts, and לָאָט (la'at) means to gentleness or quietly, together characterizing the manner and content of divine speech.
The thread — The concept of divine comfort is echoed in 2 Corinthians 1:3, which identifies God as the Father of compassion and God of all comfort, while the dispute over spiritual authority parallels the confrontation in 1 Kings 22:24 and Job’s assertion of equal understanding in Job 13:2.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to treat God’s gentle counsel as complete and sufficient, rejecting the impulse to demand additional evidence or to elevate human reasoning above divine comfort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Cross-references
- Job 13:2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- 1 Kings 22:24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
- Job 5:8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
- Job 11:13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
- Job 15:8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
- Job 36:16 Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
- 2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,