Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and 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 in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer 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 declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie 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 borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
10 With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes 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 cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
15 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and 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 is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
19 To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath 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 is proud 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 dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
22 He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for 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 moveth himself to seek bread, 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.
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 made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath 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 hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
27 Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
28 Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into 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 enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push 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 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 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall 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 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 congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
