Job 15
21st Century King James Version
15 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite and said:
2 “Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, 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 made before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? And dost thou withhold wisdom for 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 very aged men, much elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? Is there any secret thing with thee?
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away, and what do thine eyes wink at,
13 that thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such 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 saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17 “I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare,
18 what wise men have told from their fathers and have not hid it,
19 unto whom alone the earth was given and no stranger passed among them:
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by 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 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle:
25 for he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty;
26 he runneth upon Him, even on His neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness and maketh dollops of fat on his flanks,
28 and he dwelleth in desolate cities and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps,
29 he shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue; neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity, for vanity shall be his recompense.
32 It shall be 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.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive evil and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.”
Job 15
American Standard Version
15 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man make answer with [a]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 [b]hinderest [c]devotion before God.
5 For [d]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 [e]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,
[f]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 [g]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,
[h]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 [i]behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
26 He runneth upon him with a stiff neck,
[j]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 [k]desolate cities,
In houses which no man [l]inhabited,
Which were ready to become heaps;
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
Neither shall [m]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 [n]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 [o]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 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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