John Trapp on Job 15:7

Verſe 7. Art thou the firſt man that was born?] Or, Waſt thou made before Adam? Out of the mouth of Ad[illegible: 1 letter]m, Ut vox Riſhon non ſignificet primus, ſed prius. Lavat. Bucholc. as from a fountaine, flowed whatſoever profitable Learning, Skill or Wiſdom, is found in the world, ſaith the divine Chronologer. Job had taxed Zophar for a young puny and a Novice, chap 12. This, Eliphaz. kindleth at, and taketh upon him to anſwer in Zophars behalf. As indeed theſe three ſpeakers, Eliphaz. Zophar and Bildad ſtood to one another, as much as any one of them did for himſelf, as if they had all entred bond, and given ſecurity for reciprocal aſſiſtance. Here then Eliph[illegible: 1 letter]z asketh. Art thou the firſt man born? that is, Art thou the wiſeſt man alive? and muſt we all be taught by thee, as Adams Nephewes were by him, in things divine and humane.

Or waſt thou made before the bills?] i.e. Before the Angels, as ſome ſenſe it. But take it literally for the Mountaines, called for their Antiquity, the everlaſting hils Gen. 49.26. Hab. 3.6. becauſe they were from the beginning, and ſhall continue to the end. Theſe appeared firſt at the ſeparation of the waters, Gen. 1. And Chriſt, to ſet forth his eternity, ſaith, Prov 8.25. Before the mountains were ſetled, before the hills, was I brought forth. So Pſal. 90.21.