Job 15
1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
2 Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?
Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
3 Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?
Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
4 But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.
Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
5 For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.
For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
7 The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?
Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth 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 listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?
What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?
10 Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us, — richer than thy father in days.
11 Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?
Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?
12 How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!
Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?
13 For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth—out of thy mouth—words!
That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and 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 pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?
15 Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:
Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
16 How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in—like water—perversity.
How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing?
17 I will tell thee—hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.
I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;
18 Which, wise men, tell, and deny not [that which is] from their fathers.
Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers;
19 To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst:
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered.
20 All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;
All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.
21 A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;
A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.
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 shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.
23 A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying, ] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
24 Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:
Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king 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;
Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty;
26 He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;
[And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;
27 For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;
Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;
28 And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.
And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;
[Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on 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 will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.
31 Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;
Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.
32 Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;
Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.
33 He shall wrong—like a vine—his sour grapes, and shall cast off—as an olive-tree—his blossom.
He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.
34 For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;
For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.
They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.
