< Job 15 >
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
And he answered Eliphaz the Temanite and he said.
2 “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
¿ A wise [person] does he answer knowledge of wind so may he fill? east wind belly his.
3 Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
Does he argue? with a word [which] not it is of use and words [which] not anyone profits by them.
4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
Also you you annul fear so you may diminish meditation before God.
5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
For it teaches iniquity your mouth your so you may choose [the] tongue of crafty [people].
6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
It condemns as guilty you own mouth your and not I and own lips your they testify against you.
7 Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
¿ First human being were you born and before [the] hills were you brought forth?
8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
¿ In [the] council of God do you listen and you may restrain? to yourself wisdom.
9 What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
What? do you know and not we know do you understand? and not [is] with us it.
10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
Both [the] gray haired as well as [the] aged [are] among us [those] old more than father your days.
11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
¿ [too] little For you [are] [the] consolations of God and a word to gentleness with you.
12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
Why? does it carry away you heart your and why? do they flash! eyes your.
13 as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
That you will turn against God spirit your and you will bring out from mouth your words.
14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
What? [is] a person that he will be pure and that he will be righteous [one] born of a woman.
15 If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
There! (in holy [ones] his *Q(K)*) not he trusts and [the] heavens not they are pure in view his.
16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
Indeed? for [one who] is abhorrent and [one who] is corrupt a person [who] drinks like water unrighteousness.
17 Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
I will tell you listen to me and what I have seen and I will recount.
18 what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
[that] which Wise [people] they have told and not they have hidden from ancestors their.
19 to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
To them to alone them it was given the land and not he passed a stranger in midst their.
20 A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
All [the] days of a wicked [person] he [is] writhing in pain and [the] number of years [which] they have been stored up for ruthless [person].
21 Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
[the] sound of Dread [is] in ears his in peace a destroyer he will come to him.
22 He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Not he believes to return from darkness (and [is] watched *Q(k)*) he to [the] sword.
23 He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
[is] wandering He for food where? he knows - that [has been] prepared in hand his a day of darkness.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
They terrify him anxiety and distress it overpowers him like a king - ready for battle.
25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
For he has stretched out against God hand his and to [the] Almighty he behaves proudly.
26 rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
He runs against him with a neck with [the] thickness of [the] bosses of shields his.
27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
For he has covered face his with fat his and he has made fat on loins.
28 he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
And he dwelt - cities destroyed houses [which] not people will dwell themselves which they are destined for heaps of stones.
29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
Not he will be rich and not it will endure wealth his and not it will stretch out to the land property their.
30 He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Not he will depart - from darkness young shoot[s] his it will dry up a flame so he may depart by [the] breath of mouth his.
31 Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
May not he trust (in worthlessness *Q(K)*) he has been led astray for worthlessness it will be recompense his.
32 It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
On not day his it will be completed and palm branch his not it will grow luxuriant.
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
He will wrong like vine unripe grape[s] his and he will shed like olive tree blossom his.
34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
For a company of [the] godless [is] barren and fire it consumes [the] tents of a bribe.
35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
They conceive trouble and they give birth to wickedness and belly their it prepares deceit.