How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
How much more disgusting and corrupt is humanity, which drinks up evil like water?
The writer is saying that humans are deeply corrupt by nature, consuming sin as easily and naturally as drinking water.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Job, set in the ancient Near East during the patriarchal period, Job is a righteous man enduring severe suffering, and this verse comes from a speech by his friend Eliphaz in chapter 15. Eliphaz is rebuking Job, arguing that all humans are inherently sinful and that no one can be pure before God, using strong imagery to emphasize how people naturally gravitate toward wrongdoing. This reflects the cultural belief of the time that personal suffering was often a result of hidden sin.
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