“then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,”
Job 15
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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
“Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,”
2"Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
“Should a wise man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly with the east wind?”
“should a wise man answer with windy knowledge and fill himself with the east wind?”
3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
“Should he reason with unprofitable talk or with speeches whereof he can do no good?”
“Should he argue with useless talk and with words which are not profitable?”
4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
“Yea, you cast off fear and restrain prayer before God.”
5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
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6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
“Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I. Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.”
7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
“Are you the first man that was ever born or were you made before the hills?”
8Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
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9What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
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10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
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11Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
“Are the consolations of God small with thee? Is there any secret thing with thee?”
“"...are the consolations of God too small for you, and the word spoken gently with you?".”
“Are the consolations of God small with thee? Is there any secret thing with thee?”
“Are the constellations of God small with thee? Is there any secret thing with thee?”
12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
“why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash”
13as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
“That you turn your spirit against God and let such words go out of your mouth.”
“that you turn your spirit against God and you bring such words out of your mouth?”
14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of 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?”
“What is man that he should be pure, or 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 woman, that he should be righteous.”
15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
“"'Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints, yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.'.”
“Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones and the heavens are not pure in his sight.”
“Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.”
“Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.”
16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
“How much more abominable and filthy is man which drinketh iniquity like water.”
“How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water.”
“How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water.”
17Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
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18what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
“which wise men have told from their fathers and not hid it.”
19to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
“Unto whom alone the earth was given and no stranger passed among them.”
20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
“The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.”
21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
“A dreadful sound is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.”
22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
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23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
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24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
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25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
“For he stretched out his hand against God, and he strengthened himself against the Almighty.”
“he stretches out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.”
26rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
“He runneth upon him, even upon his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers,”
27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
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28he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
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29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
“He shall not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.”
30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
“He shall not depart out of the darkness, and the flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of his mouth shall he go away.”
31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
“Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity, for vanity shall be his recompense.”
32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
“It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.”
33He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
“He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine and cast off his flower as the olive.”
34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
“For the congregation of the hypocrite shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.”
35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit."
“They conceive mischief and bring forth emptiness, and their belly prepares deceit.”