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Job 15

Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE

1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:

2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.

4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.

5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.

6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.

7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?

8 Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?

9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?

10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.

11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.

12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?

13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?

14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.

16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?

17 I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.

18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.

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

20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.

23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.

25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.

26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.

27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.

28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.

29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.

30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.

31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.

32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.

33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.

34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.

35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Eliphaz of Teman spoke a second time:

2 "If you were truly wise, would you sound so much like a windbag, belching hot air?

3 Would you talk nonsense in the middle of a serious argument, babbling baloney?

4 Look at you! You trivialize religion, turn spiritual conversation into empty gossip.

5 It's your sin that taught you to talk this way. You chose an education in fraud.

6 Your own words have exposed your guilt. It's nothing I've said - you've incriminated yourself!

7 Do you think you're the first person to have to deal with these things? Have you been around as long as the hills?

8 Were you listening in when God planned all this? Do you think you're the only one who knows anything?

9 What do you know that we don't know? What insights do you have that we've missed?

10 Gray beards and white hair back us up - old folks who've been around a lot longer than you.

11 Are God's promises not enough for you, spoken so gently and tenderly?

12 Why do you let your emotions take over, lashing out and spitting fire,

13 Pitting your whole being against God by letting words like this come out of your mouth?

14 Do you think it's possible for any mere mortal to be sinless in God's sight, for anyone born of a human mother to get it all together?

15 Why, God can't even trust his holy angels. He sees the flaws in the very heavens themselves,

16 So how much less we humans, smelly and foul, who lap up evil like water?

17 "I've a thing or two to tell you, so listen up! I'm letting you in on my views;

18 It's what wise men and women have always taught, holding nothing back from what they were taught

19 By their parents, back in the days when they had this land all to themselves:

20 Those who live by their own rules, not God's, can expect nothing but trouble, and the longer they live, the worse it gets.

21 Every little sound terrifies them. Just when they think they have it made, disaster strikes.

22 They despair of things ever getting better - they're on the list of people for whom things always turn out for the worst.

23 They wander here and there, never knowing where the next meal is coming from - every day is doomsday!

24 They live in constant terror, always with their backs up against the wall

25 Because they insist on shaking their fists at God, defying God Almighty to his face,

26 Always and ever at odds with God, always on the defensive.

27 "Even if they're the picture of health, trim and fit and youthful,

28 They'll end up living in a ghost town sleeping in a hovel not fit for a dog, a ramshackle shack.

29 They'll never get ahead, never amount to a hill of beans.

30 And then death - don't think they'll escape that! They'll end up shriveled weeds, brought down by a puff of God's breath.

31 There's a lesson here: Whoever invests in lies, gets lies for interest,

32 Paid in full before the due date. Some investment!

33 They'll be like fruit frost-killed before it ripens, like buds sheared off before they bloom.

34 The godless are fruitless - a barren crew; a life built on bribes goes up in smoke.

35 They have sex with sin and give birth to evil. Their lives are wombs for breeding deceit."