Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, 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 windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
Wast thou born as the first man? 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 listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?
10 With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us, — richer than thy father in days.
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and 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 pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?
15 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
16 How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing?
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;
18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers;
19 To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered.
20 The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.
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: during peace will the waster come over 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 looked for by 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 there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
24 Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against GOD, and made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and 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.
[And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;
27 Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds 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 dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
[Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on 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 never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.
31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.
32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will 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 will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.
