Job 15:16 meaning and explanation
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
Job 15:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Eliphaz is answering Job in the first round of their debate, and he builds from the previous verses: if God finds no trust even in his holy ones and the heavens are not pure in his sight, then human beings are far worse off. The Hebrew word for vile suggests something tainted or worthless, and the picture of drinking injustice like water describes wrongdoing done as easily and habitually as quenching thirst.
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