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
American Standard Version
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,
[a]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 [b]behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
26 He runneth upon him with a stiff neck,
[c]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 [d]desolate cities,
In houses which no man [e]inhabited,
Which were ready to become heaps;
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
Neither shall [f]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 [g]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 [h]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.
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