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Job 15

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2 Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind?

3 Should he argue with useless talk or with words that serve no good purpose?

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

5 Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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

7 Were you the first person ever born, or were you brought forth before the hills?

8 Do you listen in on the council of God, or have a monopoly on wisdom?

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

10 Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us, men older than your father.

11 Are God's consolations not enough for you, even the words that [deal] gently with you?

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

13 as you turn your anger against God and allow such words to leave your mouth?

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

15 If God puts no trust in His holy ones and the heavens are not pure in His sight,

16 how much less one who is revolting and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

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

18 what was declared by wise men and was not suppressed by their ancestors,

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

20 A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; few years are stored up for the ruthless.

21 Dreadful sounds fill his ears; when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.

22 He doesn't believe he will return from darkness; he is destined for the sword.

23 He wanders about for food, [saying,] "Where is it?" He knows the day of darkness is at hand.

24 Trouble and distress terrify him, overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.

25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.

26 He rushes headlong at Him with his thick, studded shields.

27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with it,

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

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

30 He will not escape from the darkness; flames will wither his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.

31 Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray, for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

32 It will be accomplished before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

33 He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

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

35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb prepares deception.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?

4 But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God.

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

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

7 “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?

8 Have you listened in the council of God? 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 aged are among us, older than your father.

11 Are the comforts of God too small for you, or the word that deals 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 bring such words out of your mouth?

14 What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

15 Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight;

16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water!

17 “I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare

18 (what wise men have told, without hiding it from their fathers,

19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them).

20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

21 Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.

22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword.

23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it? ’He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;

24 distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.

25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty,

26 running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield;

27 because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist

28 and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins;

29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth;

30 he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.

31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment.

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

33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine, and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.

34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.

35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil, and their womb prepares deceit. ”