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 utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly 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 with which he can do no good?
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
Yes, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God.
5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I: yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
Are you the first man that was born? or were you made before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
What know you, that we know not? what understand you, 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 very aged men, much elder than your father.
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Are the consolations of God small with you? is there any secret thing with you?
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at,
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of 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 clean? and he which 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 puts no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water?
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
I will show you, hear 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.
To whom alone the earth 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 travails with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
22 He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
He believes 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 wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows 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.
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 made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens 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 runs on him, even on his neck, on the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes bulges of fat on his flanks.
28 Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are 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 he prolong the perfection thereof 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 his mouth shall he go away.
31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: 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.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares deceit.
