Job 15:16

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

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Other Translations for Job 15:16

BSB
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
AKJV
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water?
CPDV
How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity?
ERV
How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, a man that drinketh iniquity like water!
NHEB
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water.
SMT
How much more abominable and corrupt is man drinking iniquity as water!

Commentary for Job 15:16

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Barnes’ Notes Classic commentary from Albert Barnes Matthew Henry Commentary Classic commentary from Matthew Henry
Overview of Job 15:16
Summary
Humans eagerly consume iniquity.
Event
Condemning human moral degradation
Estimated Time Period
c. 2000 BC
Category
Teaching