Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
2 “Does a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill his belly [with] an east wind?
Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
3 To reason with a word not useful? And speeches—no profit in them?
Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
4 Indeed, you make reverence void, and diminish meditation before God.
As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
5 For your mouth teaches your iniquity, And you choose the tongue of the cunning.
For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
6 Your mouth declares you wicked, and not I, And your lips testify against you.
Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
7 Are you the first man born? And were you formed before the heights?
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
8 Do you hear of the secret counsel of God? And withdraw wisdom to you?
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
9 What have you known, and we do not know? [What] do you understand, and it is not with us?
What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
10 Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us—Greater than your father [in] days.
There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
11 Are the comforts of God too few for you? And a gentle word [is] with you,
Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
12 Why does your heart take you away? And why are your eyes high?
Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
13 Do you turn your spirit against God? And have brought out words from your mouth:
Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
14 What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
15 Behold, He puts no credence in His holy ones, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
16 Also—surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking perverseness as water.
How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17 I show you—listen to me—And this I have seen and declare,
I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
18 Which the wise declare—And have not hid—from their fathers.
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
19 To them alone was the land given, And a stranger did not pass over into their midst:
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
20 All [the] days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21 A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace a destroyer comes to him.
The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
22 He does not believe to return from darkness, And he watches for the sword.
He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
23 He is wandering for bread: Where [is] it? He has known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Adversity and distress terrify him, They prevail over him as a king ready for a boaster.
Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
25 For he stretched out his hand against God, And against the Mighty he makes himself mighty.
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26 He runs to Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
27 For he has covered his face with his fat, And makes vigor over [his] confidence.
Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
28 And he inhabits cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
29 He is not rich, nor does his wealth rise, Nor does he stretch out their continuance on earth.
He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
30 He does not turn aside from darkness, A flame dries up his tender branch, And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth!
He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
31 Do not let him put credence in vanity, He has been deceived, For vanity is his exchange.
He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
32 It is not completed in his day, And his bending branch is not green.
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
33 He shakes off his unripe fruit as a vine, And casts off his blossom as an olive.
He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
34 For the company of the profane [is] barren, And fire has consumed tents of bribery.
For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
35 To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart prepares deceit.”
He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
