Job 15
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
1And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
3Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
4As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
6Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
7Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
8Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
8Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
9What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
9What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
10There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
11Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
11Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
12Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
13as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
13Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
14What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
15Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
16How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
17I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
18what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
18Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
19to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
20The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
22He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
23When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
24Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
25For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
26He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
27Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
28he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
28He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
29He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in 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.
30He 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.
31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
31He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
32Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
33He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
33He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
34For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
35He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
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