Job 15
Modern English Version
Eliphaz Speaks: Job Does Not Fear God
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2 “Should a wise man reply with empty knowledge
and fill his lungs with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk
or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yes, you cast off reverence
and hinder prayer before God.
5 For your mouth utters your iniquity,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 “Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you made before the hills?
8 Have you heard the counsel of God?
And do you restrict wisdom to yourself?
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
10 Both the gray-haired and very aged are among us—
much older than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you?
Or the word spoken gently to you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away?
And what do your eyes wink at,
13 that you turn your spirit against God,
and let such words go out of your mouth?
14 “What is man that he should be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
and the heavens are not pure in His sight.
16 How much more abhorred and corrupt is man,
who drinks iniquity like water!
17 “I will tell you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare,
18 what wise men have told,
not hiding anything received from their fathers,
19 to whom alone the land was given,
and no foreigner passed among them:
20 The wicked man travails with pain all his days,
and numbered are the years stored up for the oppressor.
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
and a sword awaits him.
23 He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish will make him afraid;
they will prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
25 For he stretches out his hand against God,
and strengthens himself against the Almighty.
26 He rushes upon Him, even on His neck,
with his thick embossed shield.
27 “He has covered his face with his fatness
and gathered fat upon his waist.
28 He dwells in desolate cities
and in houses which no man inhabits,
which are ready to become heaps.
29 He will not be rich, nor will his wealth continue,
nor will his possessions spread over the earth.
30 He will not depart out of darkness;
the flame will dry out his branches,
and by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
31 Let him who is deceived not trust in futility,
for futility will be his reward.
32 It will be accomplished before his time,
and his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
and will cast off his blossom like the olive.
34 For the company of hypocrites will be desolate,
and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and give birth to futility;
their womb prepares deceit.”
约伯记 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以利法再次发言
15 提幔人以利法回答说：
2 “智者岂会用空谈作答，
满腹东风？
3 申辩时岂会讲无用的话，
说无益之言？
4 你摒弃对上帝的敬畏，
拒绝向祂祷告。
5 你的罪指示你开口，
使你说出诡诈之言。
6 并非我定你的罪，
定你罪的是你的口，
指控你的是你的嘴唇。
7 你岂是第一个出生的人？
你岂在群山之前被造？
8 你岂听过上帝的密旨？
你岂独揽智慧？
9 有何事你知而我们不知，
你懂而我们不懂？
10 我们这里有白发老人，
比你父亲还年长。
11 上帝用温柔的话安慰你，
难道你还嫌不够吗？
12 你为何失去理智，
为何双眼冒火，
13 以致你向上帝发怒，
口出恶言？
14 人算什么，怎能纯洁？
妇人所生的算什么，怎能公义？
15 连上帝的圣者都无法令祂信任，
连诸天在祂的眼中都不洁净，
16 更何况可憎败坏、
嗜恶如喝水的世人？
17 “让我告诉你，你好好听着。
我要把所见的陈明——
18 那是智者的教导，
是他们未曾隐瞒的祖训。
19 这片土地只赐给了他们，
没有外人在他们中间出入。
20 恶人一生受折磨，
残暴之徒终身受苦。
21 他耳边响着恐怖的声音，
他安逸时遭强盗袭击。
22 他不指望能逃脱黑暗，
他注定要丧身刀下。
23 他到处流浪，寻找食物，
他知道黑暗之日快要来临。
24 患难和痛苦使他害怕，
像君王上阵一样震慑他。
25 因为他挥拳对抗上帝，
藐视全能者，
26 拿着坚盾傲慢地挑战祂。
27 他满脸肥肉，
腰间堆满脂肪。
28 他住的城邑必倾覆，
他的房屋必成为一堆瓦砾，
无人居住。
29 他不再富足，
家财不能久留，
地产无法加增。
30 他无法逃脱黑暗，
火焰要烧焦他的嫩枝，
上帝口中的气要毁灭他。
31 他不可自欺，信靠虚空，
因为虚空必成为他的回报。
32 在他离世以前，虚空必临到他，
他的枝子再不会青绿。
33 他必像一颗葡萄树，
葡萄未熟已掉落；
又像一颗橄榄树，
花刚开便凋零。
34 不信上帝之辈必不生育，
受贿者的帐篷必被火烧。
35 他们心怀不轨，生出罪恶，
他们满腹诡诈。”
Job 15
EasyEnglish Bible
Eliphaz speaks to Job again[a]
15 Then Eliphaz, the man from Teman, replied to Job. This is what he said:
2 ‘If you were wise,
you would not answer us with such silly ideas.
The words that come out from inside you are only a hot wind!
3 No wise man would argue in such a useless way.
The things that you say do not mean anything.
4 You show that you do not respect God.
You turn other people away from him.
5 It is your sin that causes you to speak like that.
You try to say clever things that will deceive people.
6 I do not need to show that you are guilty.
Your own words show that you are wrong.
7 You were not the first human to be born.
You were not alive when God made the hills.
8 You do not know God's secret plans.
You are not the only wise person in the world.
9 You do not know any more than we know.
We understand as much as you do.
10 The old men agree with us.
They are older and wiser even than your father.
11 You think that God's kind words are not important.
But they should be enough for you.
12 You have allowed your thoughts to confuse you.
We can see in your eyes that you are very angry.
13 Why are you so angry against God?
You should not say such wicked things.
14 No one who is human can be truly pure and righteous.
15 God does not even trust his own angels.
He knows that they make mistakes.
16 So he certainly will not trust people.
People are wicked and cannot think true thoughts.
They like to do evil things,
as if they are drinking water!
17 So listen to me. I will explain something to you.
I will tell you what I have seen.
18 These are things that wise men have taught me.
They did not hide the truth.
They learned these things from their ancestors.
19 They were the people who received the land.
No foreigners were there to deceive them.
20 They knew this:
A wicked person will have trouble all his life.
Anyone who is cruel will suffer every year that he lives.
21 He will hear things that frighten him.
He may think that he is safe,
but robbers will attack him.
22 He is afraid to go out in the dark.
He thinks that someone may kill him.
23 The wicked person walks about to look for food.
He says, “Where is it?”
He knows that he cannot escape from trouble.
24 He is afraid and confused.
Trouble is ready to attack him,
like a king with his army.
25 That happens to the person who turns against God.
He thinks that he is greater than Almighty God.
26 He is proud enough to attack God.
He holds a big shield as he runs to attack God!
27 He eats too much
and his whole body is very fat.[b]
28 He lives in a town that is empty.
No one else lives in the houses there.
The buildings will soon fall down
and they will become heaps of stones.
29 He will not be rich.
He will lose his valuable things.
Everything that he has will disappear.
30 When it becomes dark,
he will not be able to escape.
He will be like a tree that fire has burned.
God's breath will blow him away!
31 He may trust in useless things to save him.
But he is deceiving himself.
Any help that he receives will also be useless.
32 Before he is old,
his life will end.
Like a tree that makes no leaves,
he will have no success in life.
33 He will be like a vine that loses its grapes.
They fall off before they are ready to eat.
He will be like an olive tree that loses its flowers,
so that no olives grow on it.
34 People who turn away from God are like that.
They have no family to live after them.
If they use the money from bribes to build their homes,
fire will destroy those homes.
35 They make plans to cause trouble,
so that evil things happen.
Lies are what come out from inside them.’
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