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Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz the Temanite addresses Job in a poetic discourse, contrasting the godless with their barren fate and their actual fertile production of sin.
The words — The Hebrew הָרֹ֣ה (haroh, "they conceive") and וְ/יָ֣לֹד (ve/yalod, "and they give birth to") frame sinful acts as a generative process, while תָּכִ֥ין (takhein, "it prepares") describes the womb's function in readying deceit.
The thread — This childbirth metaphor for sin appears in Psalms 7:14 and Isaiah 59:4, while Hosea 10:13 parallels the concept using agricultural imagery of plowing and reaping.
Why it lands — The text states that the godless internally generate and deliver evil, demanding that readers identify the hidden origins of their own destructive actions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Cross-references
- Psalms 7:14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
- Isaiah 59:4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
- James 1:15 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.