Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."
The setting
Ancient court proceeding, ~2000 BC. Eliphaz delivers his final accusation using childbirth imagery — conception, pregnancy, and delivery — to describe how evil plans develop in modern-day Middle East.
The emotion here: disgusted moral superiority
The original word
harah (הָרָה) — to conceive, become pregnant, used literally and metaphorically
Why it matters
Ancient Hebrew used pregnancy metaphors for both blessing and cursing because childbirth was central to survival
Read with care
What most readers miss in Job 15:35
This uses BIRTH language — evil doesn't just happen, it's conceived, carried, and deliberately delivered like a baby
Common misconceptionPeople apply this to others as judgment, but miss that Eliphaz is wrongly accusing innocent Job. The real lesson is about false accusers who 'conceive mischief' against the righteous.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Job 15:35
Bible Genome reading
Job 15:35 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Job 15:35 comes from the book of Job, written during the Patriarchal period. These words are attributed to Eliphaz. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is prophetic. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include evil plans, deception. Notable phrases: conceive mischief.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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