Job 15

American Standard Version

1Then answered EliphazH464 the TemaniteH8489, and saidH559,

2Should a wiseH2450 man make answerH6030 with vain knowledgeH1847,And fillH4390 himself with the eastH6921 windH7307?3Should he reason with unprofitable talk,Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?4Yea, thou doest away with fearH3374,And hinderest devotion before GodH410.5For thine iniquityH5771 teacheth thy mouthH6310,And thou choosest the tongueH3956 of the craftyH6175.6Thine own mouthH6310 condemneth thee, and not I;Yea, thine own lipsH8193 testifyH6030 against thee.7Art thou the firstH7223 manH120 that was bornH3205?Or wast thou broughtH3205 forthH3205 before the hillsH1389?8Hast thou heardH8085 the secretH5475 counselH5475 of GodH433?And dost thou limit wisdomH2451 to thyself?9What knowest thou, that we knowH3045 not?What understandest thou, which is not in us?10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men,Much elder than thy fatherH1.11Are the consolationsH8575 of GodH410 too smallH4592 for thee,Even the wordH1697 that is gentle toward thee?12WhyH4100 doth thy heartH3820 carry thee awayH3947?And whyH4100 do thine eyesH5869 flash,13That against GodH410 thou turnest thy spiritH7307,And lettest wordsH4405 goH3318 out of thy mouthH6310?14What is man, that he should be clean?And he that is bornH3205 of a womanH802, that he should be righteousH6663?15Behold, he putteth no trustH539 in his holyH6918 onesH6918;Yea, the heavensH8064 are not clean in his sight:16How much less oneH376 that is abominable and corruptH444,A manH376 that drinketh iniquity like waterH4325!17I will show thee, hearH8085 thou me; And that which I have seenH2372 I will declare18(Which wiseH2450 men have toldH5046From their fathersH1, and have not hid it;19Unto whom aloneH905 the landH776 was givenH5414,And no stranger passedH5674 among them):20The wickedH7563 man travaileth with pain all his daysH3117,Even the numberH4557 of yearsH8141 that are laid up for the oppressor.21A soundH6963 of terrorsH6343 is in his earsH241;In prosperity the destroyerH7703 shall comeH935 upon him.22He believeth not that he shall returnH7725 out of darknessH2822,And he is waited for of the swordH2719.23He wandereth abroad for breadH3899, saying, Where is it?He knoweth that the dayH3117 of darknessH2822 is ready at his handH3027.24DistressH6862 and anguish make him afraid;They prevail against him, as a kingH4428 readyH6264 to the battle.25Because he hath stretchedH5186 out his handH3027 against GodH410,And behaveth himself proudly against the AlmightyH7706;26He runneth upon him with astiffneckH6677,With the thick bosses of his bucklers;27Because he hath coveredH3680 his faceH6440 with his fatness,And gathered fatH2459 upon his loinsH3689;28And he hath dweltH3427 in desolate citiesH5892,In housesH1004 which no man inhabitedH3427,Which were ready to become heapsH1530;29He shall not be richH6238, neither shall his substance continue,Neither shall their possessions be extendedH5186 on the earthH776.30He shall not departH5493 out of darknessH2822;The flameH7957 shall dryH3001 up his branches,And by the breathH7307 ofGod’smouthH6310 shall he go awayH5493.31Let him not trustH539 in vanityH7723, deceiving himself;For vanityH7723 shall beH1961 his recompense.32It shall be accomplished before his time,And his branchH3712 shall not be green.33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vineH1612,And shall castH7993 off his flower as the olive-tree.34For the companyH5712 of the godlessH2611 shall be barrenH1565,And fireH784 shall consumeH398 the tentsH168 of bribery.35They conceiveH2029 mischiefH5999, and bringH3205 forthH3205 iniquity,And their heart prepareth deceitH4820.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain