Job 15:17-35
New American Standard Bible
What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life
17 “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;
18 What wise people have told,
And have not concealed from (A)their fathers,
19 To whom alone the land was given,
And no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked person writhes (B)in pain all his days,
And the [a]years (C)reserved for the ruthless are numbered.
21 [b]Sounds of (D)terror are in his ears;
(E)While he is at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (F)return from darkness,
And he is destined for (G)the sword.
23 He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of (H)darkness is [c]at hand.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
25 Because he has reached out with his hand against God,
And is (I)arrogant toward [d]the Almighty.
26 He rushes [e]headlong at Him
With his [f]massive shield.
27 For he has (J)covered his face with his fat,
And [g]put fat on his waist.
28 He has (K)lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become [h]ruins.
29 He (L)will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his property will not stretch out on the earth.
30 He will (M)not [i]escape from darkness;
The (N)flame will dry up his shoot,
And he will go away by (O)the breath of His mouth.
31 Let him not (P)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For his [j]reward will be emptiness.
32 It will be accomplished (Q)before his time,
And his palm (R)branch will not be green.
33 He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will (S)cast off his flower like the olive tree.
34 For the company of (T)the godless is barren,
And fire consumes (U)the tents of [k]the corrupt.
35 They (V)conceive [l]harm and give birth to wrongdoing,
And their [m]mind prepares deception.”
Footnotes
- Job 15:20 Lit number of years are reserved for
- Job 15:21 Lit A sound of terrors is
- Job 15:23 Lit ready at his hand
- Job 15:25 Heb Shaddai
- Job 15:26 Lit with a stiff neck
- Job 15:26 Lit thick-bossed shields
- Job 15:27 Lit made
- Job 15:28 Or heaps
- Job 15:30 Lit turn aside
- Job 15:31 Lit exchange
- Job 15:34 Lit a bribe
- Job 15:35 Or pain
- Job 15:35 Lit belly
Job 15:17-35
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 Listen to me and I will inform you.
I will describe what I have seen,
18 what was declared by wise men
and was not suppressed by their ancestors,(A)
19 the land was given to them alone
when no foreigner passed among them.
20 A wicked man writhes in pain all his days;
only a few[a] years are reserved for the ruthless.
21 Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.
22 He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness;
he is destined for the sword.(B)
23 He wanders about for food, saying, “Where is it?”
He knows the day of darkness is at hand.
24 Trouble(C) and distress terrify him,
overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.
25 For he has stretched out his hand(D) against God
and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.
26 He rushes headlong at Him
with his thick, studded shields.
27 Though his face is covered with fat[b]
and his waistline bulges with it,
28 he will dwell in ruined cities,
in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.(E)
29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.
His possessions[c] will not increase in the land.
30 He will not escape from the darkness;
flames will wither his shoots,
and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.(F)
31 Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.
32 It will be accomplished before his time,
and his branch will not flourish.
33 He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes(G)
and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
34 For the company of the godless(H) will have no children,
and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.
35 They conceive trouble(I) and give birth to evil;
their womb(J) prepares deception.(K)
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