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Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

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Job 15:2

"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?

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Job 15:3

"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?

Job 15:4

"Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God.

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Job 15:5

"For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.

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Job 15:6

"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.

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Job 15:7

"Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?

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Job 15:8

"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?

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Job 15:9

"What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?

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Job 15:10

"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.

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Job 15:11

"Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word spoken gently with you?

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Job 15:12

"Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,

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Job 15:13

That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth?

Job 15:14

"What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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Job 15:15

"Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

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Job 15:16

How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water!

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Job 15:17

"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;

Job 15:18

What wise men have told, And have not concealed from their fathers,

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Job 15:19

To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them.

Job 15:20

"The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.

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Job 15:21

"Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

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Job 15:22

"He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword.

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Job 15:23

"He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.

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Job 15:24

"Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

Job 15:25

Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.

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Job 15:26

"He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield.

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Job 15:27

"For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.

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Job 15:28

"He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.

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Job 15:29

"He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground.

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Job 15:30

"He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

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Job 15:31

"Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.

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Job 15:32

"It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green.

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Job 15:33

"He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

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Job 15:34

"For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.

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Job 15:35

"They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception."

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Job 16:1

Then Job answered,

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Job 16:2

"I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all.

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Job 16:3

"Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer?

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Job 16:4

"I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.

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Job 16:5

"I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

Job 16:6

"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?

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Job 16:7

"But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.

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Job 16:8

"You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face.

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Job 16:9

"His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me.

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Job 16:10

"They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.

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Job 16:11

"God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

Job 16:12

"I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.

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Job 16:13

"His arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out my gall on the ground.

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Job 16:14

"He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.

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Job 16:15

"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.

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Job 16:16

"My face is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids,

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Job 16:17

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

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Job 16:18

"O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.

Job 16:19

"Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.

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Job 16:20

"My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.

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Job 16:21

"O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!

Job 16:22

"For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.

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