Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly 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.
Yes, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God.
5 For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I: yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Are you the first man that was born? or were you made before the hills?
8 Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?
Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself?
9 What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?
What know you, that we know not? what understand you, 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 very aged men, much elder than your father.
11 Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?
Are the consolations of God small with you? is there any secret thing with you?
12 Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?
Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at,
13 That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter [such] words out of thy mouth?
That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your 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 which 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 saints; yes, 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 more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water?
17 I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;
I will show you, hear 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 earth 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, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.
He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of 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.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall 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;
For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty.
26 [And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;
He runs on him, even on his neck, on the thick bosses 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 covers his face with his fatness, and makes bulges of fat on his flanks.
28 And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.
And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are 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 he prolong the perfection thereof 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 his mouth shall he go away.
31 Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: 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.
34 For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares deceit.
