Job 15
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before El.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8 Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Hast thou heard the secret of Eloah? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
10 With us are both the grey-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle towards you?
Are the consolations of El small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12 Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
That thou turnest thy spirit against El, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
17 “I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18 (which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed amongst them):
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows 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 Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
For he stretcheth out his hand against El, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
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 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
