[[Job-15]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Job-14]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Job-16]] --- ### What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Eliphaz presents a rhetorical challenge stating the impossibility of any human 'born of a woman' to be righteous or pure before God. *Historical context*: Theologians identify this as a 'prophetic riddle' regarding the human condition that is resolved in the New Testament. In [[Gal-04#v4|Galatians 4:4]], the Apostle Paul uses the specific phrase 'born of a woman' to describe the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Unlike the universal condition described by Eliphaz, Christ is presented as the singular fulfillment of a man 'born of a woman' who is perfectly righteous ([[Heb-04#v15|Hebrews 4:15]], [[1 Pet-02#v22|1 Peter 2:22]]), thereby providing a solution to the impossibility Eliphaz posits. *Related to*: ### He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God's mouth. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction regarding the ultimate destruction of the wicked, specifically stating they will be removed or destroyed by the 'breath of God's mouth.' *Historical context*: This specific imagery of divine judgment is considered a prophetic 'type' of the end-times destruction of the Antichrist or the 'Lawless One.' [[In|In 2]] [[The-02#v8|Thessalonians 2:8]], Paul explicitly fulfillls this prophetic imagery, stating that the Lord will consume the lawless one 'with the breath of His mouth.' It is also linked to the Messianic prophecy in [[Isa-11#v4|Isaiah 11:4]], where the Messiah slays the wicked with the 'breath of his lips.' *Related to*: ### For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that those who build their lives on bribery and corruption will face sudden divine judgment, specifically that 'fire' will consume their dwellings. *Historical context*: Scholars note historical and biblical fulfillments of this principle where the 'wages of bribery' led to desolation and fire. A primary example is Achan ([[Josh-07#v24|Joshua 7:24]]-25), whose tent and family were destroyed by fire because of his greed. In the New Testament, this is often linked to the fate of Judas Iscariot, who accepted a bribe to betray Christ; his 'reward' was the Field of Blood, a place of desolation and 'emptiness' ([[Acts-01#v18|Acts 1:18]]-20, [[Matt-27#v3|Matthew 27:3]]-10). *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy