Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
2 Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
3 Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
4 Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
8 Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
9 What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
10 Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words 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 without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
16 How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17 I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
20 All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21 The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth 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.
Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26 He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
27 For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into 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 enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in 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 he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
31 Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
32 It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
34 For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
