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 answer with arguments of wind, Or fill his bosom with the east wind?
3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Should he argue with speech that helpeth him not, And with words which do not profit him?
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
Behold, thou makest the fear of God a vain thing, And discouragest prayer before him.
5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
Yea, thy own mouth proclaimeth thy iniquity, Though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Thy 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? Wast thou formed before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
Hast thou listened in the council of God, And drawn all wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
What dost thou know, that we know not also? What dost thou understand, that is a secret to us?
10 With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
With us are the aged and hoary-headed; Much older than thy father.
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Dost thou despise the consolations of God, And words so full of kindness to thee?
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
Why hath thy passion taken possession of thee? And why this winking of thine eyes?
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
For against God hast thou turned thy spirit, And uttered such words from 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 he that is born of woman, that he should be innocent?
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 ministering spirits, And the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
Much less, abominable and polluted man, Who drinketh iniquity as water.
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
Hear me, and I will show thee, And that which I have seen will I declare;
18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
Which the wise men have told, And not kept concealed, as received from their fathers;
19 To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
To whom alone the land was given, And among whom not a stranger wandered.
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 the wicked man is in pain; Yea, all the 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 fearful sound is in his ears; In peace the destroyer cometh upon him.
22 He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
He hath no hope that he shall escape from darkness; He is set apart for 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 about, seeking bread; He knoweth that a day of darkness is at hand.
24 Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
Distress and anguish fill him with dread; They prevail against him like a king ready for the battle.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against GOD, and made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
Because he stretched forth his hand against God, And bade defiance to the Almighty,
26 Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
And ran against him with outstretched 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 covered his face with 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 dwelt in desolated cities, In houses which no man inhabiteth, That 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; his substance shall not endure, And his possessions shall not be extended upon 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 escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.
31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
“Let not man trust in vanity! he will be deceived; For vanity shall be his recompense.
32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
He shall come to his end 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 fruit like the vine, And shed his blossoms like the olive-tree.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
The house of the unrighteous shall be famished, 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 misery, And their breast deviseth deceit.”
