Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
2 Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
3 Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
Thine own mouth condemns thee, and not I. Yes, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, which is not in us?
10 Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, even the word that is gentle toward thee?
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
17 I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:
20 All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.
26 He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
He runs upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,
27 For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
29 He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of God's mouth he shall go away.
31 Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.
32 It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
34 For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
