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Job 15

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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.”

Good News Translation GNT

1 Empty words, Job!

2 Empty words!

3 No one who is wise would talk the way you do or defend himself with such meaningless words.

4 If you had your way, no one would fear God; no one would pray to him.

5 Your wickedness is evident by what you say; you are trying to hide behind clever words.

6 There is no need for me to condemn you; you are condemned by every word you speak.

7 Do you think you were the first person born? Were you there when God made the mountains?

8 Did you overhear the plans God made? Does human wisdom belong to you alone?

9 There is nothing you know that we don't know.

10 We learned our wisdom from gray-haired people - those born before your father.

11 God offers you comfort; why still reject it? We have spoken for him with calm, even words.

12 But you are excited and glare at us in anger.

13 You are angry with God and denounce him.

14 Can any human being be really pure? Can anyone be right with God?

15 Why, God does not trust even his angels; even they are not pure in his sight.

16 And we drink evil as if it were water; yes, we are corrupt; we are worthless.

17 Now listen, Job, to what I know.

18 Those who are wise have taught me truths which they learned from their ancestors, and they kept no secrets hidden.

19 Their land was free from foreigners; there was no one to lead them away from God.

20 The wicked who oppress others will be in torment as long as they live.

21 Voices of terror will scream in their ears, and robbers attack when they think they are safe.

22 They have no hope of escaping from darkness, for somewhere a sword is waiting to kill them,

23 and vultures are waiting to eat their corpses. They know their future is dark;

24 disaster, like a powerful king, is waiting to attack them.

25 That is the fate of those who shake their fists at God and defy the Almighty.

26 They are proud and rebellious; they stubbornly hold up their shields and rush to fight against God.

28 They are the ones who captured cities and seized houses whose owners had fled, but war will destroy those cities and houses.

29 They will not remain rich for long; nothing they own will last. Even their shadows will vanish,

30 and they will not escape from darkness. They will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire, whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.

31 If they are foolish enough to trust in evil, then evil will be their reward.

32 Before their time is up they will wither, wither like a branch and never be green again.

33 They will be like vines that lose their unripe grapes; like olive trees that drop their blossoms.

34 There will be no descendants for godless people, and fire will destroy the homes built by bribery.

35 These are the ones who plan trouble and do evil; their hearts are always full of deceit.