Job 15
15
1And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
2Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?
3To reason with a word not useful? And speeches — no profit in them?
4Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
7The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
8Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
9What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou — and it is not with us?
10Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us — Greater than thy father [in] days.
11Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word [is] with thee,
12What — doth thine heart take thee away? And what — are thine eyes high?
13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
14What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
15Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
16Also — surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
17I shew thee — hearken to me — And this I have seen and declare:
18Which the wise declare — And have not hid — from their fathers.
19To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
20‘All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
21A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
22He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
23He is wandering for bread — ‘Where [is] it?’ He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
24Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
25For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
26He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
27For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
28And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
31Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
32Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
33He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
34For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
35To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare 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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