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Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

Job 15:15

In 11 translations

BSB
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
KJV
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
WEB
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
ASV
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
LSV
Behold, He puts no credence in His holy ones, || And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
YLT
Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
DBY
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
DRC
Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
GNV
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
JPS
Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
LXXE
Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.

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  • Written (Ketiv): בִּקְדֹשׁוֹ (“in holy [one] his”). Read aloud (Qere): בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו (“in holy [ones] his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁו; read aloud (Qere) reads בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו (“in holy [ones] his”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
הֵ֣ן בקדשו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃Read aloud as (qere): בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו
LXX-Br
Εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει, οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 4:18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
  • Job 25:5If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
  • Job 5:1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
  • Isaiah 6:2–5Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is…

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