Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
2 Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?
Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?
3 To reason with a word not useful? And speeches — no profit in them?
Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?
4 Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.
5 For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
7 The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?
8 Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?
9 What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou — and it is not with us?
What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?
10 Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us — Greater than thy father [in] days.
Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
11 Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word [is] with thee,
Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?
12 What — doth thine heart take thee away? And what — are thine eyes high?
How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!
13 For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth—out of thy mouth—words!
14 What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
15 Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:
16 Also — surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in—like water—perversity.
17 I shew thee — hearken to me — And this I have seen and declare:
I will tell thee—hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.
18 Which the wise declare — And have not hid — from their fathers.
Which, wise men, tell, and deny not [that which is] from their fathers.
19 To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst:
20 'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;
21 A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;
22 He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;
23 He is wandering for bread — 'Where [is] it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;
24 Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:
25 For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
Because he had stretched out—against GOD—his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;
26 He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;
27 For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;
28 And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.
29 He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;
30 He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
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!
31 Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;
32 Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;
33 He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
He shall wrong—like a vine—his sour grapes, and shall cast off—as an olive-tree—his blossom.
34 For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;
35 To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.
