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Job 13-15
New International Version
Job 13-15
New International Version
13 “My eyes have seen all this,(A)
my ears have heard and understood it.
2 What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.(B)
3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty(C)
and to argue my case with God.(D)
4 You, however, smear me with lies;(E)
you are worthless physicians,(F) all of you!(G)
5 If only you would be altogether silent!(H)
For you, that would be wisdom.(I)
6 Hear now my argument;
listen to the pleas of my lips.(J)
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf?
Will you speak deceitfully for him?(K)
8 Will you show him partiality?(L)
Will you argue the case for God?
9 Would it turn out well if he examined you?(M)
Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?(N)
10 He would surely call you to account
if you secretly showed partiality.(O)
11 Would not his splendor(P) terrify you?
Would not the dread of him fall on you?(Q)
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.(R)
13 “Keep silent(S) and let me speak;(T)
then let come to me what may.(U)
14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
and take my life in my hands?(V)
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(W) in him;(X)
I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(Y)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,(Z)
for no godless(AA) person would dare come before him!(AB)
17 Listen carefully to what I say;(AC)
let my words ring in your ears.
18 Now that I have prepared my case,(AD)
I know I will be vindicated.(AE)
19 Can anyone bring charges against me?(AF)
If so, I will be silent(AG) and die.(AH)
20 “Only grant me these two things, God,
and then I will not hide from you:
21 Withdraw your hand(AI) far from me,
and stop frightening me with your terrors.(AJ)
22 Then summon me and I will answer,(AK)
or let me speak, and you reply to me.(AL)
23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?(AM)
Show me my offense and my sin.(AN)
24 Why do you hide your face(AO)
and consider me your enemy?(AP)
25 Will you torment(AQ) a windblown leaf?(AR)
Will you chase(AS) after dry chaff?(AT)
26 For you write down bitter things against me
and make me reap the sins of my youth.(AU)
27 You fasten my feet in shackles;(AV)
you keep close watch on all my paths(AW)
by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
14 “Mortals, born of woman,(AZ)
are of few days(BA) and full of trouble.(BB)
2 They spring up like flowers(BC) and wither away;(BD)
like fleeting shadows,(BE) they do not endure.(BF)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?(BG)
Will you bring them[b] before you for judgment?(BH)
4 Who can bring what is pure(BI) from the impure?(BJ)
No one!(BK)
5 A person’s days are determined;(BL)
you have decreed the number of his months(BM)
and have set limits he cannot exceed.(BN)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,(BO)
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(BP)
7 “At least there is hope for a tree:(BQ)
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots(BR) will not fail.(BS)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump(BT) die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water(BU) it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.(BV)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(BW)
he breathes his last and is no more.(BX)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(BY)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(BZ)
till the heavens are no more,(CA) people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.(CB)
13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(CC)
and conceal me till your anger has passed!(CD)
If only you would set me a time
and then remember(CE) me!(CF)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
All the days of my hard service(CG)
I will wait for my renewal[c](CH) to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;(CI)
you will long for the creature your hands have made.(CJ)
16 Surely then you will count my steps(CK)
but not keep track of my sin.(CL)
17 My offenses will be sealed(CM) up in a bag;(CN)
you will cover over my sin.(CO)
18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(CP)
and as a rock is moved from its place,(CQ)
19 as water wears away stones
and torrents(CR) wash away the soil,(CS)
so you destroy a person’s hope.(CT)
20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;(CU)
you change their countenance and send them away.(CV)
21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.(CW)
22 They feel but the pain of their own bodies(CX)
and mourn only for themselves.(CY)”
Eliphaz
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(CZ) replied:
2 “Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(DA)
3 Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?(DB)
4 But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.(DC)
5 Your sin(DD) prompts your mouth;(DE)
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(DF)
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.(DG)
7 “Are you the first man ever born?(DH)
Were you brought forth before the hills?(DI)
8 Do you listen in on God’s council?(DJ)
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(DK)
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What insights do you have that we do not have?(DL)
10 The gray-haired and the aged(DM) are on our side,
men even older than your father.(DN)
11 Are God’s consolations(DO) not enough for you,
words(DP) spoken gently to you?(DQ)
12 Why has your heart(DR) carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 so that you vent your rage(DS) against God
and pour out such words(DT) from your mouth?(DU)
14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman,(DV) that they could be righteous?(DW)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(DX)
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(DY)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(DZ)
who drink up evil(EA) like water!(EB)
17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,(EC)
18 what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors(ED)
19 (to whom alone the land(EE) was given
when no foreigners moved among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(EF)
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(EG)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(EH)
when all seems well, marauders attack him.(EI)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(EJ)
he is marked for the sword.(EK)
23 He wanders about(EL) for food like a vulture;(EM)
he knows the day of darkness(EN) is at hand.(EO)
24 Distress and anguish(EP) fill him with terror;(EQ)
troubles overwhelm him, like a king(ER) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(ES) at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(ET)
26 defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.(EU)
27 “Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,(EV)
28 he will inhabit ruined towns
and houses where no one lives,(EW)
houses crumbling to rubble.(EX)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(EY)
nor will his possessions spread over the land.(EZ)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(FA)
a flame(FB) will wither his shoots,(FC)
and the breath of God’s mouth(FD) will carry him away.(FE)
31 Let him not deceive(FF) himself by trusting what is worthless,(FG)
for he will get nothing in return.(FH)
32 Before his time(FI) he will wither,(FJ)
and his branches will not flourish.(FK)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(FL)
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(FM)
34 For the company of the godless(FN) will be barren,
and fire will consume(FO) the tents of those who love bribes.(FP)
35 They conceive trouble(FQ) and give birth to evil;(FR)
their womb fashions deceit.”
Job 13-15
American Standard Version
Job 13-15
American Standard Version
13 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,
Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2 What ye know, the same do I know also:
I am not inferior unto you.
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies;
Ye are all physicians of no value.
5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace!
And it would be your wisdom.
6 Hear now my reasoning,
And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God,
And talk deceitfully for him?
8 Will ye show partiality to him?
Will ye contend for God?
9 Is it good that he should search you out?
Or as one [a]deceiveth a man, will ye [b]deceive him?
10 He will surely reprove you,
If ye do secretly show partiality.
11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid,
And his dread fall upon you?
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defences are defences of clay.
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak;
And let come on me what will.
14 [c]Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in my hand?
15 [d]Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope:
Nevertheless I will [e]maintain my ways before him.
16 This also shall be my salvation,
That a godless man shall not come before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech,
And let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Behold now, I have set my cause in order;
I know that I [f]am righteous.
19 Who is he that will contend with me?
For then [g]would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
20 Only do not two things unto me;
Then will I not hide myself from thy face:
21 Withdraw thy hand far from me;
And let not thy terror make me afraid.
22 Then call thou, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins?
Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And holdest me for thine enemy?
25 Wilt thou harass a driven leaf?
And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26 For thou writest bitter things against me,
And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,
And markest all my paths;
Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
28 [h]Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
14 Man, that is born of a woman,
Is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and [i]is cut down:
He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one,
And bringest me into judgment with thee?
4 [j]Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined,
The number of his months is with thee,
And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Look away from him, that he may [k]rest,
Till he shall [l]accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree,
If it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,
And the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud,
And put forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and is laid low:
Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters [m]fail from the sea,
And the river wasteth and drieth up;
12 So man lieth down and riseth not:
Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,
Nor be roused out of their sleep.
13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol,
That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past,
That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live again?
All the days of my warfare [n]would I wait,
Till my [o]release should come.
15 Thou [p]wouldest call, and I would answer thee:
Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
16 But now thou numberest my steps:
Dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
18 But the mountain falling [q]cometh to nought;
And the rock is removed out of its place;
19 The waters wear the stones;
The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth:
So thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth;
Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not;
And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22 [r]But his flesh upon him hath pain,
And his soul within him mourneth.
15 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man make answer with [s]vain knowledge,
And fill himself with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou doest away with fear,
And [t]hinderest [u]devotion before God.
5 For [v]thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth,
And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I;
Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born?
Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8 [w]Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God?
And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not?
What understandest thou, which is not in us?
10 With us are both the grayheaded and the very aged men,
Much elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee,
[x]Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away?
And why do thine eyes flash,
13 That against God thou turnest thy spirit,
And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be clean?
And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones;
Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
16 How much less [y]one that is abominable and corrupt,
A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
17 I will show thee, hear thou me;
And that which I have seen I will declare
18 (Which wise men have told
From their fathers, and have not hid it;
19 Unto whom alone the land was given,
And no stranger passed among them):
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days,
[z]Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears;
In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness,
And he is waited for of the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it?
He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Distress and anguish make him afraid;
They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 Because he hath stretched out his hand against God,
And [aa]behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
26 He runneth upon him with a stiff neck,
[ab]With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27 Because he hath covered his face with his fatness,
And gathered fat upon his loins;
28 And he hath dwelt in [ac]desolate cities,
In houses which no man [ad]inhabited,
Which were ready to become heaps;
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
Neither shall [ae]their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness;
The flame shall dry up his branches,
And by the breath of [af]God’s mouth shall he go away.
31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself;
For vanity shall be his recompense.
32 It shall be [ag]accomplished before his time,
And his branch shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.
34 For the company of the godless shall be barren,
And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity,
And their heart prepareth deceit.
Footnotes
- Job 13:9 Or, mocketh
- Job 13:9 Or, mock
- Job 13:14 Or, At all adventures I will take etc.
- Job 13:15 Or, Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him
- Job 13:15 Hebrew argue.
- Job 13:18 Or, shall be justified
- Job 13:19 Or, if I hold my peace, I shall give up etc.
- Job 13:28 Hebrew And he is like.
- Job 14:2 Or, withereth
- Job 14:4 Or, Oh that a clean thing could come out of an unclean! not one can.
- Job 14:6 Hebrew cease.
- Job 14:6 Or, have pleasure in
- Job 14:11 Hebrew are gone.
- Job 14:14 Or, will . . . shall come
- Job 14:14 Or, change
- Job 14:15 Or, shalt call, and I will etc.
- Job 14:18 Hebrew fadeth away.
- Job 14:22 Or, Only for himself his flesh hath pain, and for himself his soul mourneth
- Job 15:2 Hebrew knowledge of wind.
- Job 15:4 Hebrew diminishest.
- Job 15:4 Or, meditation
- Job 15:5 Or, thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity
- Job 15:8 Or, Dost thou hearken in the council
- Job 15:11 Or, Or is there any secret thing with thee?
- Job 15:16 Or, that which is
- Job 15:20 Or, And years that are numbered are laid up etc.
- Job 15:25 Or, biddeth defiance to
- Job 15:26 Or, Upon
- Job 15:28 Hebrew cut off.
- Job 15:28 Or, would inhabit
- Job 15:29 Or, their produce bend to the earth
- Job 15:30 Hebrew his.
- Job 15:32 Or, paid in full
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