Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
2 Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie 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 borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
8 Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes 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 cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
15 Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
16 How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
17 I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —
I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
19 Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
24 Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
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 made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
26 He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
27 Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
28 And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.
Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in 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 neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.
31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.
34 For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
