Job 15

Berean Standard Bible

Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

1Then EliphazH464 the TemaniteH8489 H559 repliedH6030:

2“Does a wiseH2450 man answerH6030 with emptyH7307 counselH1847or fillH4390 his bellyH990 with the hot east windH6921?3Should he argueH3198 with uselessH3808 H5532 wordsH1697or speechesH4405 that serve noH3808 purposeH3276?4ButH637 youH859 even undermineH6565 the fearH3374 of Godand hinderH1639 meditationH7881 beforeH6440 HimH410.5ForH3588 your iniquityH5771 instructsH502 your mouthH6310,and you chooseH977 the languageH3956 of the craftyH6175.6Your own mouthH6310, notH3808 mineH589, condemns youH7561;your own lipsH8193 testifyH6030 against you.

7Were you the firstH7223 manH120 ever bornH3205?Were you brought forthH2342 beforeH6440 the hillsH1389?8Do you listen inH8085 on the councilH5475 of GodH433or limitH1639 wisdomH2451 to yourselfH413?9WhatH4100 do you knowH3045 that we do notH3808 H3045?What do you understandH995 that is notH3808 clear to usH5973 H1931?10BothH1571 the gray-hairedH7867 andH1571 the agedH3453 are on our side—men much olderH3524 H3117 than your fatherH1.11Are the consolationsH8575 of GodH410 not enoughH4592 for youH4480,even wordsH1697 spoken gentlyH328 to youH5973?12WhyH4100 has your heartH3820 carried you awayH3947,and whyH4100 do your eyesH5869 flashH7335,113so thatH3588 you turnH7725 your spiritH7307 againstH413 GodH410and pour such wordsH4405 fromH3318 your mouthH6310?

14WhatH4100 is manH582, thatH3588 he should be pureH2135,or one bornH3205 of womanH802, thatH3588 he should be righteousH6663?15IfH2005 God puts noH3808 trustH539 in His holy onesH6918,if even the heavensH8064 are notH3808 pureH2141 in His eyesH5869,16how much lessH637 H3588 manH376, who is vileH8581 and corruptH444,who drinksH8354 injusticeH5766 like waterH4325?17ListenH8085 to me and I will inform youH2331.I will describeH5608 whatH2088 I have seenH2372,18whatH834 was declaredH5046 by wise menH2450and was notH3808 concealedH3582 from their fathersH1,19to whom aloneH905 the landH776 was givenH5414when noH3808 foreignerH2114 passedH5674 among themH8432.

20A wickedH7563 man writhes in painH2342 allH3605 hisH1931 daysH3117;only a fewH4557 yearsH8141 are reservedH6845 for the ruthlessH6184.21SoundsH6963 of terrorH6343 fill his earsH241;in his prosperityH7965 the destroyerH7703 attacks himH935.22He despairs ofH3808 H539 his returnH7725 fromH4480 darknessH2822;heH1931 is markedH6822 forH413 the swordH2719.23HeH1931 wanders aboutH5074 as foodH3899 for vulturesH346;he knowsH3045 H3588 H3559 the dayH3117 of darknessH2822 is at handH3027.24DistressH6862 and anguishH4691 terrify himH1204,overwhelming himH8630 like a kingH4428 poisedH6264 to attackH3593.25ForH3588 he has stretched outH5186 his handH3027 againstH413 GodH410and has vaunted himselfH1396 againstH413 the AlmightyH7706,26rushingH7323 headlongH6677 at HimH413with a thickH5672, studdedH1354 shieldH4043.

27ThoughH3588 his faceH6440 is coveredH3680 with fatH2459and his waistlineH3689 bulgesH6213 with fleshH6371 H5921,28he will dwellH7931 in ruinedH3582 citiesH5892,in abandonedH3808 H3427 housesH1004 destinedH6257 to become rubbleH1530.29He will noH3808 longer be richH6238; his wealthH2428 will notH3808 endureH6965.His possessionsH4512 will notH3808 overspreadH5186 the landH776.30He will notH3808 escapeH5493 fromH4480 the darknessH2822;the flameH7957 will witherH3001 his shootsH3127,and the breathH7307 of God’s mouthH6310will carry him awayH5493.

31Let him notH408 deceive himselfH8582 with trustH539 in emptinessH7723,forH3588 emptinessH7723 will beH1961 his rewardH8545.32It will be paid in fullH4390 beforeH3808 his timeH3117,and his branchH3712 will notH3808 flourishH7488.33He will be like a vineH1612 stripped ofH2554 its unripe grapesH1154,like an olive treeH2132 that shedsH7993 its blossomsH5328.34ForH3588 the companyH5712 of the godlessH2611 will be barrenH1565,and fireH784 will consumeH398 the tentsH168 of briberyH7810.35They conceiveH2029 troubleH5999 and give birth toH3205 evilH205;their wombH990 is pregnant withH3559 deceitH4820.”