Job 15

1And EliphazH464 the TemaniteH8489 answered and saidH559, 2Should a wiseH2450 man answerH6030 with windy knowledgeH1847, and fillH4390 his bellyH990 with the eastH6921 windH7307, 3Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good? 4Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditationH7881 before 1GodH410. 5For thy mouthH6310 uttereth thine iniquityH5771, and thou hast chosenH977 the tongueH3956 of the craftyH6175. 6Thine own mouthH6310 condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lipsH8193 testifyH6030 against thee. 7Art thou the firstH7223 manH120 that was bornH3205? and wast thou broughtH3205 forthH3205 before the hillsH1389? 8Hast thou listenedH8085 in the secretH5475 councilH5475 of 2GodH433? And hast thou absorbed wisdomH2451 for thyself? 9What knowest thou that we knowH3045 not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us? 10Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy fatherH1. 11Are the consolationsH8575 of 3GodH410 too smallH4592 for thee? and the wordH1697 gently spoken to thee? 12WhyH4100 doth thy heartH3820 carry thee awayH3947? and whyH4100 do thine eyesH5869 wink? 13That thou turnest thy spiritH7307 against 4GodH410, and lettest wordsH4405 goH3318 out of thy mouthH6310? 14What is man, that he should be pureH2135? and he that is bornH3205 of a womanH802, that he should be righteousH6663? 15Behold, he putteth no trustH539 in his holyH6918 onesH6918, and the heavensH8064 are not pureH2141 in his sight: 16How much less the abominable and corruptH444, — manH376, that drinketh unrighteousnessH5766 like waterH4325! 17I will shew thee, listenH8085 to me; and what I have seenH2372 I will declare; 18Which wiseH2450 men have toldH5046 from their fathersH1, and have not hiddenH3582; 19Unto whom aloneH905 the earthH776 was givenH5414, and no stranger passedH5674 among them. 20All his daysH3117 the wickedH7563 man is tormented, and numberedH4557 yearsH8141 are allotted to the violent. 21The soundH6963 of terrorsH6343 is in his earsH241: in prosperity the destroyerH7703 cometh upon him. 22He believeth not that he shall returnH7725 out of darknessH2822, and he is singled out for the swordH2719. 23He wandereth abroad for breadH3899, — where may it be? 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 for the battle. 25For he hath stretchedH5186 out his handH3027 against 5GodH410, and strengthened himself against the AlmightyH7706: 26He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neckH6677, with the thick bosses of his bucklers; 27For he hath coveredH3680 his faceH6440 with his fatness, and gathered fatH2459 upon [his] flanks. 28And he dwelleth in desolate citiesH5892, in housesH1004 that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heapsH1530. 29He shall not becomeH6238 richH6238, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extendH5186 upon the earthH776. 30He shall not departH5493 out of darknessH2822; the flameH7957 shall dryH3001 up his branches; and by the breathH7307 of his mouthH6310 shall he go awayH5493. 31Let him not trustH539 in vanityH7723: he isH1961 deceived, for vanityH7723 shall beH1961 his recompense; 32It shall be completeH4390 before his dayH3117, and his branchH3712 shall not be green. 33He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vineH1612, and shall castH7993 his flower as an oliveH2132. 34For the family of the ungodly shall be barrenH1565, and fireH784 shall consumeH398 the tentsH168 of bribery. 35They conceiveH2029 mischiefH5999, and bringH3205 forthH3205 iniquity, and their bellyH990 prepareth deceitH4820.