Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
16 How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
17 I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —
I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
19 Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
25 Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
26 He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27 Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
28 And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
30 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.
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 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
34 For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
