Job 15
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly 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 useless talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
Yea, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
your own mouth condemns you, and not I: yea, your own lips testify against you.
7 “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
Are you the first man that was born? or were you made before the hills?
8 Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself?
9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
What know you, that we know not? what understand you, which is not in us?
10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
Are the consolations of God small with you? is there any secret thing with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes overlook,
13 that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your 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 clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
Behold, he puts no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water?
17 “I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18 (which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
The wicked man labors with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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 make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty.
26 he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
He runs upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes fatness on his flanks.
28 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away 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 not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 For the company of the godless will be barren, 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 mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares deceit.
