Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
Then responded 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 unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?
3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.
5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?
8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?
10 With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth—out of thy mouth—words!
14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
15 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, 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 less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in—like water—perversity.
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
I will tell thee—hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.
18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
Which, wise men, tell, and deny not [that which is] from their fathers.
19 To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst:
20 The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;
21 A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;
22 He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;
23 He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is 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 shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:
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, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;
26 Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;
27 Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;
28 Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined 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, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along 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, his young branch, shall the flame dry up, and he shall depart, by the breath of his own mouth!
31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;
32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;
33 God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.
He shall wrong—like a vine—his sour grapes, and shall cast off—as an olive-tree—his blossom.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;
35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.
