Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie 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 borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
10 With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
16 How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare
18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
19 To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
20 The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
23 He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
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 made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
26 Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27 Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
28 Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.
He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God’s] mouth shall he go away.
31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
33 God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
