Job 15:1-35 LSV

[1] And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says: [2] “Does a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill his belly [with] an east wind? [3] To reason with a word not useful? And speeches—no profit in them? [4] Indeed, you make reverence void, and diminish meditation before God. [5] For your mouth teaches your iniquity, || And you choose the tongue of the cunning. [6] Your mouth declares you wicked, and not I, || And your lips testify against you. [7] Are you the first man born? And were you formed before the heights? [8] Do you hear of the secret counsel of God? And withdraw wisdom to you? [9] What have you known, and we do not know? [What] do you understand, and it is not with us? [10] Both the gray-headed || And the very aged [are] among us—Greater than your father [in] days. [11] Are the comforts of God too few for you? And a gentle word [is] with you, [12] Why does your heart take you away? And why are your eyes high? [13] Do you turn your spirit against God? And have brought out words from your mouth: [14] What [is] man that he is pure, || And that he is righteous, one born of woman? [15] Behold, He puts no credence in His holy ones, || And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes. [16] Also—surely abominable and filthy || Is man drinking perverseness as water. [17] I show you—listen to me—And this I have seen and declare, [18] Which the wise declare—And have not hid—from their fathers. [19] To them alone was the land given, || And a stranger did not pass over into their midst: [20] All [the] days of the wicked he is paining himself, || And few years have been laid up for the terrible one. [21] A fearful voice [is] in his ears, || In peace a destroyer comes to him. [22] He does not believe to return from darkness, || And he watches for the sword. [23] He is wandering for bread: Where [is] it? He has known that ready at his hand || Is a day of darkness. [24] Adversity and distress terrify him, || They prevail over him as a king ready for a boaster. [25] For he stretched out his hand against God, || And against the Mighty he makes himself mighty. [26] He runs to Him with a neck, || With thick bosses of his shields. [27] For he has covered his face with his fat, || And makes vigor over [his] confidence. [28] And he inhabits cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, || That have been ready to become heaps. [29] He is not rich, nor does his wealth rise, || Nor does he stretch out their continuance on earth. [30] He does not turn aside from darkness, || A flame dries up his tender branch, || And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth! [31] Do not let him put credence in vanity, || He has been deceived, || For vanity is his exchange. [32] It is not completed in his day, || And his bending branch is not green. [33] He shakes off his unripe fruit as a vine, || And casts off his blossom as an olive. [34] For the company of the profane [is] barren, || And fire has consumed tents of bribery. [35] To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, || Even their heart prepares deceit.”