Job 15:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 2:11 : 11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
Job 4:1 : 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Job 22:1 : 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Job 42:7 : 7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Job 42:9 : 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.

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Job 22:1-2
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1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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Job 11:1-2
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1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Job 23:1
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Job 21:1
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Job 12:1
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Job 20:1
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Job 19:1
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Job 9:1
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1Then Job answered and said,
Job 25:1
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1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Job 8:1
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1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Job 18:1
77%
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Job 35:1
77%
1Moreover Elihu answered and said,
Job 26:1
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1Then Job answered and said,
Job 6:1
76%
1Then Job answered and said,
Job 15:2
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2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
Job 40:1-3
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1Moreover the Jehovah answered Job, and said,
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Job 42:1
74%
1Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
Job 36:1
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1Elihu also proceeded, and said,
Job 42:7
74%
7And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Job 38:1
73%
1Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 27:1
72%
1And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Job 3:2
72%
2And Job answered and said:
1 Chr 1:36
71%
36The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
Job 2:11
71%
11Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
Job 29:1
70%
1And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Job 40:6
70%
6Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 33:1
70%
1Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.
Job 32:5-7
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70%
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Job 32:2-3
2 verses
69%
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Ezek 35:1
69%
1Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Gen 36:11
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9Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
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Job 13:22
68%
22Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 42:9
68%
9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.