Job 15
15
Eliphaz Speaks: Job Undermines Religion
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2“Should the wise answer with windy knowledge,
and fill themselves with the east wind?
3Should they argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which they can do no good?
4But you are doing away with the fear of God,
and hindering meditation before God.
5For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
your own lips testify against you.
7“Are you the firstborn of the human race?
Were you brought forth before the hills?
8Have you listened in the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
those older than your father.
11Are the consolations of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?
12Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,#15.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
13so that you turn your spirit against God,
and let such words go out of your mouth?
14What are mortals, that they can be clean?
Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?
15God puts no trust even in his holy ones,
and the heavens are not clean in his sight;
16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
one who drinks iniquity like water!
17“I will show you; listen to me;
what I have seen I will declare—
18what sages have told,
and their ancestors have not hidden,
19to whom alone the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them.
20The wicked writhe in pain all their days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
21Terrifying sounds are in their ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon them.
22They despair of returning from darkness,
and they are destined for the sword.
23They wander abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
They know that a day of darkness is ready at hand;
24distress and anguish terrify them;
they prevail against them, like a king prepared for battle.
25Because they stretched out their hands against God,
and bid defiance to the Almighty,#15.25 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
26running stubbornly against him
with a thick-bossed shield;
27because they have covered their faces with their fat,
and gathered fat upon their loins,
28they will live in desolate cities,
in houses that no one should inhabit,
houses destined to become heaps of ruins;
29they will not be rich, and their wealth will not endure,
nor will they strike root in the earth;#15.29 Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
30they will not escape from darkness;
the flame will dry up their shoots,
and their blossom#15.30 Gk: Heb mouth will be swept away#15.30 Cn: Heb will depart by the wind.
31Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves;
for emptiness will be their recompense.
32It will be paid in full before their time,
and their branch will not be green.
33They will shake off their unripe grape, like the vine,
and cast off their blossoms, like the olive tree.
34For the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
35They conceive mischief and bring forth evil
and their heart prepares deceit.”
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Job 15
15
Eliphaz Speaks
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge,
And fill his belly with the east wind?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk?
Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4Yea, thou castest off fear,
And restrainest prayer before God.
5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity,
And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I:
Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born?
Or wast thou made before the hills?
8Hast thou heard the secret of God?
And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9What knowest thou, that we know not?
What understandest thou, which is not in us?
10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men,
Much elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee?
Is there any secret thing with thee?
12Why doth thine heart carry thee away?
And what do thy eyes wink at,
13That thou turnest thy spirit against God,
And lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
14What is man, that he should be clean?
And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints;
Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16How much more abominable and filthy is man,
Which drinketh iniquity like water?
17I will shew thee, hear me;
And that which I have seen I will declare;
18Which wise men have told
From their fathers, and have not hid it:
19Unto whom alone the earth was given,
And no stranger passed among them.
20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days,
And the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21A dreadful sound is in his ears:
In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness,
And he is waited for of the sword.
23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it?
He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid;
They shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25For he stretcheth out his hand against God,
And strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26He runneth upon him, even on his neck,
Upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27Because he covereth his face with his fatness,
And maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities,
And in houses which no man inhabiteth,
Which are ready to become heaps.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30He shall not depart out of darkness;
The flame shall dry up his branches,
And by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity:
For vanity shall be his recompence.
32It shall be accomplished before his time,
And his branch shall not be green.
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
And shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate,
And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity,
And their belly prepareth deceit.
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