Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
2 Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?
Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
4 Yes, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
6 Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yes, thy own lips testify against thee.
Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
7 [Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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, which [is] not in us?
What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?
10 With us [are] both the gray headed and very aged men, much older than thy father.
Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us, — richer than thy father in days.
11 [Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter [such] words out of thy mouth?
14 What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he who is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
16 How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, who drinketh iniquity like water?
How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing?
17 I will show thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen, I will declare;
I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:
Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers;
19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered.
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.
21 A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying, ] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty;
26 He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
[And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready 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, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection of it upon 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; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
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 not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.
Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.
