Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:
2 Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?
3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you,
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God.
5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you.
7 Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
What do you know, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know?
10 With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers.
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this.
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
Why does your heart exalt you, and why do you gaze with your eyes, as if thinking great things?
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from your 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 immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman?
15 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Behold, among his holy ones not one is immutable, and even the heavens are not pure in his sight.
16 How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity?
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
I will reveal to you, so listen to me; and I will explain to you what I have seen.
18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
The wise acknowledge, and they do not leave behind, their fathers,
19 To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
to whom alone the earth has been 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 impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21 A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.
22 He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
He does not believe that it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side.
23 He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness has been prepared for his hand.
24 Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to battle.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against GOD, and made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
For he has extended his hand against God, and he has strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26 Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
He has rushed against him with his throat exposed, and he has been armed with a fat neck.
27 Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
Thickness has covered his face, and lard hangs down from his sides.
28 Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
He has lived in desolate cities and deserted houses, which have been turned into tombs.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
He will not be enriched, nor will his basic necessities endure, nor will he establish his root in 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 will not withdraw from the darkness; the flame will burn up his branches, and he will be defeated by the breath of his own mouth.
31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
He will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price.
32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
Before his time is completed, he will pass into ruin and his hands will wither away.
33 God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.
He will be wounded like a grapevine, when its cluster is in first flower, and like an olive tree that casts off its flower.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
For the congregation of the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money.
35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
He has conceived sorrow, and he has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceit.
