Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
Yes, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yes, thy own lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
[Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?
10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
With us [are] both the gray headed and very aged men, much older than thy father.
11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
[Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he who is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17 I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
I will show thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen, I will declare;
18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:
19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.
23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
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 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.
32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
