Job 15:1-35 BSB

[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: [2] “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind? [3] Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose? [4] But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. [5] For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. [6] Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you. [7] Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? [8] Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself? [9] What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us? [10] Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side —men much older than your father. [11] Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you? [12] Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, [13] so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth? [14] What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? [15] If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, [16] how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water? [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 concealed from their fathers, [19] to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them. [20] A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless. [21] Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. [22] He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword. [23] He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. [24] Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. [25] For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, [26] rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield. [27] Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh, [28] he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. [29] He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land. [30] He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away. [31] Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward. [32] It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish. [33] He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms. [34] For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery. [35] They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”