Job 15
1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
2 Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?
Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
3 Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?
Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
4 But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.
As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
5 For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.
For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
6 Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
7 The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
8 In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?
What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
10 Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
11 Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?
Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
12 How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!
Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
13 For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth—out of thy mouth—words!
Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
14 What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
15 Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:
Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
16 How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in—like water—perversity.
How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17 I will tell thee—hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.
I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
18 Which, wise men, tell, and deny not [that which is] from their fathers.
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
19 To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst:
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
20 All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;
The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21 A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;
The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
22 He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;
He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
23 A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;
When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:
Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
25 Because he had stretched out—against GOD—his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26 He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;
He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
27 For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;
Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
28 And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.
He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;
He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness, his young branch, shall the flame dry up, and he shall depart, by the breath of his own 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 Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;
He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
32 Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
33 He shall wrong—like a vine—his sour grapes, and shall cast off—as an olive-tree—his blossom.
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 family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;
For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
35 Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.
He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
