Job 15 — GNB
15Verse 1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:Verse 2Should a wise man answer with arguments of wind, Or fill his bosom with the east wind?Verse 3Should he argue with speech that helpeth him not, And with words which do not profit him?Verse 4Behold, thou makest the fear of God a vain thing, And discouragest prayer before him.Verse 5Yea, thy own mouth proclaimeth thy iniquity, Though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.Verse 6Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Thy own lips testify against thee.Verse 7Art thou the first man that was born? Wast thou formed before the hills?Verse 8Hast thou listened in the council of God, And drawn all wisdom to thyself?Verse 9What dost thou know, that we know not also? What dost thou understand, that is a secret to us?Verse 10With us are the aged and hoary-headed; Much older than thy father.Verse 11Dost thou despise the consolations of God, And words so full of kindness to thee?Verse 12Why hath thy passion taken possession of thee? And why this winking of thine eyes?Verse 13For against God hast thou turned thy spirit, And uttered such words from thy mouth.Verse 14What is man, that he should be pure, And he that is born of woman, that he should be innocent?Verse 15Behold, He putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And the heavens are not pure in his sight;Verse 16Much less, abominable and polluted man, Who drinketh iniquity as water.Verse 17Hear me, and I will show thee, And that which I have seen will I declare;Verse 18Which the wise men have told, And not kept concealed, as received from their fathers;Verse 19To whom alone the land was given, And among whom not a stranger wandered.Verse 20“All his days the wicked man is in pain; Yea, all the years, that are laid up for the oppressor.Verse 21A fearful sound is in his ears; In peace the destroyer cometh upon him.Verse 22He hath no hope that he shall escape from darkness; He is set apart for the sword.Verse 23He wandereth about, seeking bread; He knoweth that a day of darkness is at hand.Verse 24Distress and anguish fill him with dread; They prevail against him like a king ready for the battle.Verse 25Because he stretched forth his hand against God, And bade defiance to the Almighty,Verse 26And ran against him with outstretched neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;Verse 27Because he covered his face with fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins,Verse 28And dwelt in desolated cities, In houses which no man inhabiteth, That are ready to become heaps.Verse 29He shall not be rich; his substance shall not endure, And his possessions shall not be extended upon the earth.Verse 30He shall not escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.Verse 31“Let not man trust in vanity! he will be deceived; For vanity shall be his recompense.Verse 32He shall come to his end before his time, And his branch shall not be green.Verse 33He shall shake off his unripe fruit like the vine, And shed his blossoms like the olive-tree.Verse 34The house of the unrighteous shall be famished, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.Verse 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth misery, And their breast deviseth deceit.”