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Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

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 do not benefit?

Job 15:4

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

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Job 15:5

-"For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the cunning.

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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 person to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?

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Job 15:8

-"Do you hear the secret discussion 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 little for you, Or the word spoken gently to you?

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Job 15:12

-"Why does your heart take you away? And why do your eyes wink,

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Job 15:13

That you can turn your spirit against God And produce such words from your mouth?

Job 15:14

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

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Job 15:15

-"Behold, He has 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: A person who drinks malice 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 people 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 stranger passed among them.

Job 15:20

-"The wicked person writhes in pain all his days, And the years reserved for the ruthless are numbered.

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Job 15:21

-"Sounds of terror are in his ears; While he is 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 reached out with his hand against God, And is arrogant toward 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 put fat on his waist.

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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 property will not stretch out on the earth.

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Job 15:30

-"He will not escape from darkness; The flame will dry up his shoot, And he will go away by the breath of His mouth.

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Job 15:31

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

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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 harm and give birth to wrongdoing, And their mind prepares deception."

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Job 16:1

Then Job responded,

Job 16:2

"I have heard many things like these; Miserable comforters are you all!

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Job 16:3

-"Is there no end to windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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Job 16:4

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

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Job 16:5

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

Job 16:6

"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I refrain, what pain leaves me?

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Job 16:7

-"But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my group of loved ones.

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Job 16:8

-"And You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my infirmity 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 enemy glares at me.

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Job 16:10

-"They have gaped at me with their mouths, 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 criminals, 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 my 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. He splits my kidneys open without mercy; He pours out my bile 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

"Earth, do not cover my blood, And may 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

That one might plead for a man with God As a son of 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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