Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
2 Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
5 For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
Thine own mouth condemns thee, and not I. Yes, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?
Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?
What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, which is not in us?
10 Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us, — richer than thy father in days.
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
11 Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, even the word that is gentle toward thee?
12 Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?
Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
13 That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter [such] words out of thy mouth?
that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing?
How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
17 I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;
I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,
18 Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers;
which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered.
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:
20 All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.
He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying, ] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
25 Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty;
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.
26 [And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;
He runs upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,
27 Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
28 And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.
And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
29 [Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 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.
He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of God's mouth he shall go away.
31 Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.
32 Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
34 For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
