Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly 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 wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against 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 the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
10 Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder 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 small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such 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 which 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 putteth no trust in his saints; 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 more abominable and filthy is man, which 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 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.
Unto whom alone the earth 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 travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
A dreadful sound 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 believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of 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 wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? 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.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall 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:
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are 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 he prolong the perfection thereof upon 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 his mouth shall he go away.
31 Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
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.
34 For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
