Job 15
1 Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Numquid sapiens respondebit quasi ventum loquens, et implebit ardore stomachum suum?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Arguis verbis eum, qui non est æqualis tibi, et loqueris quod tibi non expedit.
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Quantum in te est evacuasti timorem, et tulisti preces coram Deo.
Yes, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God.
5 Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium.
For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Condemnabit te os tuum, et non ego: et labia tua respondebunt tibi.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I: yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 Numquid primus homo tu natus es, et ante colles formatus?
Are you the first man that was born? or were you made before the hills?
8 Numquid consilium Dei audisti, et inferior te erit eius sapientia?
Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself?
9 Quid nosti quod ignoremus? quid intelligis quod nesciamus?
What know you, that we know not? what understand you, which is not in us?
10 Et senes, et antiqui sunt in nobis multo vetustiores quam patres tui.
With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much elder than your father.
11 Numquid grande est ut consoletur te Deus? sed verba tua prava hoc prohibent.
Are the consolations of God small with you? is there any secret thing with you?
12 Quid te elevat cor tuum, et quasi magna cogitans, attonitos habes oculos?
Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at,
13 Quid tumet contra Deum spiritus tuus, ut proferas de ore tuo huiuscemodi sermones?
That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
14 Quid est homo, ut immaculatus sit, et ut iustus appareat natus de muliere?
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Ecce inter sanctos eius nemo immutabilis, et cæli non sunt mundi in conspectu eius.
Behold, he puts no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 Quanto magis abominabilis et inutilis homo, qui bibit quasi aquam iniquitatem?
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water?
17 Ostendam tibi, audi me: quod vidi narrabo tibi.
I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18 Sapientes confitentur, et non abscondunt patres suos.
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19 Quibus solis data est terra, et non transivit alienus per eos.
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 Cunctis diebus suis impius superbit, et numerus annorum incertus est tyrannidis eius.
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 Sonitus terroris semper in auribus illius: et cum pax sit, ille semper insidias suspicatur.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
22 Non credit quod reverti possit de tenebris ad lucem, circumspectans undique gladium.
He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23 Cum se moverit ad quærendum panem, novit quod paratus sit in manu eius tenebrarum dies.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Terrebit eum tribulatio, et angustia vallabit eum, sicut regem, qui præparatur ad prælium.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 Tetendit enim adversus Deum manum suam, et contra Omnipotentem roboratus est.
For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty.
26 Cucurrit adversus eum erecto collo, et pingui cervice armatus est.
He runs on him, even on his neck, on the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 Operuit faciem eius crassitudo, et de lateribus eius arvina dependet.
Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes bulges of fat on his flanks.
28 Habitavit in civitatibus desolatis, et in domibus desertis, quæ in tumulos sunt redactæ.
And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.
29 Non ditabitur, nec perseverabit substantia eius, nec mittet in terra radicem suam.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof on the earth.
30 Non recedet de tenebris: ramos eius arefaciet flamma, et auferetur spiritu oris sui.
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 Non credet frustra errore deceptus, quod aliquo pretio redimendus sit.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.
32 Antequam dies eius impleantur, peribit: et manus eius arescent.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 Lædetur quasi vinea in primo flore botrus eius, et quasi oliva proiiciens florem suum.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 Congregatio enim hypocritæ sterilis, et ignis devorabit tabernacula eorum, qui munera libenter accipiunt.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 Concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem, et uterus eius præparat dolos.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares deceit.
