to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
Parallel translations
- WEB to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
- KJV Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
- NKJV To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them:
- NASB To whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them.
- NLT from those to whom the land was given long before any foreigners arrived.
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Quick answer
Eliphaz claims this wisdom came from a pure, undiluted line untouched by outsiders. He presents it as uncorrupted ancestral truth.
Overview
He asserts that the sages he cites held the land alone, with no foreign influence corrupting their insight, lending their teaching a supposed purity. This appeal to untainted tradition strengthens his rhetorical authority. The irony is that this carefully guarded wisdom still fails to explain the suffering of a genuinely righteous man like Job.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- Deut 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
- Gen 10:25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
- Gen 10:32All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
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