Job 15
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
World English Bible
1And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
2“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
3Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
4Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
8Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
10There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
11Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
11Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
12Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
12Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
13Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
13that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
14What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
15Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
16How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
17I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
17“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
18Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
18(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
19to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
20The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
20the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
22He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
22He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
23When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
24Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
25Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
26He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
26he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
27Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
28He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
28He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
29He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
29He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
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.
30He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
31He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
31Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
32Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
32It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
33He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
33He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
34For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
35They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
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