Job Chapter 15 of 42 about 3 min read

Job 15

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Verse 1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Verse 2. “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

Verse 3. Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

Verse 4. But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

Verse 5. For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Verse 6. Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

Verse 7. Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

Verse 8. Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

Verse 9. What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

Verse 10. Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.

Verse 11. Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

Verse 12. Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

Verse 13. so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

Verse 14. What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Verse 15. If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

Verse 16. how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

Verse 17. Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

Verse 18. what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,

Verse 19. to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

Verse 20. A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

Verse 21. Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

Verse 22. He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Verse 23. He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

Verse 24. Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

Verse 25. For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

Verse 26. rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

Verse 27. Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

Verse 28. he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

Verse 29. He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

Verse 30. He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Verse 31. Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

Verse 32. It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

Verse 33. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

Verse 34. For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

Verse 35. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”