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Job 15

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

1 Then Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered, and said,

2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly with the east wind?

3 Should he dispute with useless words and with reasons that are not profitable?

4 Thou dost also cast off fear and undermine prayer before God.

5 For thy mouth has declared thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

6 Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I; thine own lips shall testify against thee.

7 Wast thou born before Adam? Or wast thou formed before the hills?

8 Hast thou heard the secret of God, that thou dost detain wisdom in thee alone?

9 What dost thou know that we do not? <em>What</em> dost thou understand, which <em>is</em> not in us?

10 Among us <em>are</em> also gray hairs; there are also aged men, much elder than thy father.

11 <em>Are</em> the consolations of God in such small esteem with thee? Is there by chance any secret thing concerning thee?

12 Why does thine heart carry thee away, and why do thine eyes blink,

13 that thou dost reply unto God with thy spirit and bring forth such words out of thy mouth?

14 What <em>is</em> man that he should be clean and that he that is born of a woman should be justified?

15 Behold, he puts no trust in his saints, and not even the heavens are clean in his sight.

16 How much less the man who is abominable and filthy, who drinks iniquity like water?

17 Listen to me and I will show thee and declare unto thee that <em>which</em> I have seen,

18 that which the wise men have told us of their fathers and have not hid <em>it</em>,

19 unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

20 The wicked man travails with pain all <em>his</em> days, and the number of years is hidden from the violent.

21 Fearful sounds are in his ears; in peace the destroyer shall come upon him.

22 He will not believe that he shall return out of darkness, and he is always watching the sword.

23 He wanders abroad for bread, <em>saying</em>, Where <em>is it</em>? He knows that the day of darkness is prepared for him.

24 Tribulation and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

25 Because he extended his hand against God and strengthens himself against the Almighty,

26 he shall run him through in the neck, upon the thick shoulder pieces of his shields;

27 for he covered his face with his fatness and made collops of fat on <em>his</em> flanks;

28 and he dwelt in desolate cities <em>and</em> in houses which no one inhabited, which were in heaps.

29 He shall not become rich, nor shall his strength be established, neither shall he extend his beauty upon the earth.

30 He shall not escape from the darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth he shall perish.

31 He shall not be established; in vanity he shall err; therefore, he shall be changed into vanity.

32 He shall be cut off before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

33 He shall shake off his sour grapes as the vine and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

34 For the congregation of the hypocrites shall be made desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

35 They conceive pain and bring forth iniquity, and their belly meditates 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.”