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Job 15

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2 "Should [the] wise answer [with] windy knowledge, and should he fill his stomach [with the] east wind?

3 Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?

4 "{What is worse}, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation {before} God.

5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose [the] tongue of [the] crafty.

6 Your mouth condemns you, and not I; and your lips testify against you.

7 "Were you born the firstborn of the human race? And were you brought forth {before} [the] hills?

8 Have you listened in God's confidential discussion? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

9 What do you know that we do not know? [What] do you understand that [is] not clear to us?

10 Both [the] gray-haired and [the] old [are] among us-- {those older than your father}.

11 "Are the consolations of God too small for you, a word [spoken] gently with you?

12 Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,

13 that you turn your spirit against God, and you let [such] words go out of your mouth?

14 "What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

15 Look, he does not trust his holy ones, and [the] heavens are not clean in his eyes.

16 {How much less} he who is abominable and corrupt, a man drinking wickedness like water.

17 "I will show you, listen to me; and what I have seen, I will tell--

18 what wise men have told, and they have not hidden [that which is] from their ancestors,

19 {to whom alone} the land was given, and no stranger passed through their midst.

20 "All of the wicked [one's] days he is writhing, even [through] the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant.

21 Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.

22 {He cannot trust that he will return} from darkness, and he himself is destined for [the] sword.

23 "He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}.

24 Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the battle.

25 Because he stretched out his hand against God, and he was arrogant to Shaddai;

26 he {stubbornly} runs against him {with his thick-bossed shield}.

27 "Because he has covered his face with his fat and has gathered fat upon [his] loins,

28 {he will dwell} [in] desolate cities, in houses that they should not inhabit, which are destined for rubble.

29 He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.

30 "He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.

31 Let him not trust in emptiness--he will be deceiving himself-- for worthlessness will be his recompense.

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

33 "He will shake off his unripe fruit like the vine, and he will cast off his blossom like the olive tree;

34 for [the] company of [the] godless [is] barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

35 [They] conceive trouble and bring forth mischief, and their womb prepares deceit."

New International Version NIV

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2 “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?

3 Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?

4 But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.

5 Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

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

7 “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

8 Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

9 What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?

10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.

11 Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?

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

13 so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?

14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

15 If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!

17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,

18 what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors

19 (to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them):

20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.

21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.

22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.

23 He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

24 Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,

25 because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

26 defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.

27 “Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,

28 he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.

29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

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

31 Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.

32 Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.

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

34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”