What Does Job 15:1 Mean in the King James?
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew makes Eliphaz a responder before the next words arrive: his speech enters an exchange already in motion.
THE MEANING
Every answer you give enters a conversation already underway. This verse holds the pause between being addressed and replying; what follows reveals what kind of answer meets the moment.
THE ROOT
וַיַּעַן
wayyaʿan
GROWS FROM
ענה
to answer, respond
The English “answered” can sound like a cue for speech; ענה names a reply turned toward something already spoken. The verse begins with Eliphaz’s place in an exchange, while the words that follow will show what kind of answer he gives.
ALSO GROWS
wayyaʿan: A verb form meaning to answer or respond.
וַיַּעַן
Here, the verb frames Eliphaz’s speech as a response rather than a beginning.
maʿaneh: A noun for an answer or response.
מַעֲנֶה
In Proverbs 15:1, this same-root noun shows that a response can turn an exchange toward calm or stir it toward anger.
THE PATTERN
An answer receives prior speech, and its manner can turn what follows.
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:THE THREAD
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.Proverbs uses מַעֲנֶה (maʿaneh), meaning “answer” or “response,” from the same root ענה (ʿanah) as Job’s “answered.” It reveals that a reply has direction: soft words turn wrath away, while grievous ones stir it up.
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