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Passage Lookup: Job 15
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34 verses • Page 1 of 2
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Job 15:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
"Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
Job 15:2
"Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
Job 15:3
Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
Job 15:4
But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15:5
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
Job 15:6
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
"Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Job 15:7
"Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Do you listen in on God's council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Job 15:8
Do you listen in on God's council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
Job 15:9
What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
Job 15:10
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
Job 15:11
Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
Job 15:12
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
Job 15:13
so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
"What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
Job 15:14
"What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
Job 15:15
If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!
Job 15:16
how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!
"Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
Job 15:17
"Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from their fathers
Job 15:18
what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors
(to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them):
Job 15:19
(to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them):
All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
Job 15:20
All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
Job 15:21
Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Job 15:22
He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.
He wanders about-food for vultures ; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Job 15:23
He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
Job 15:24
Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
Job 15:25
because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
Job 15:26
defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
Job 15:27
"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
Job 15:28
he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
Job 15:29
He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
Job 15:30
He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
Job 15:31
Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.
Job 15:32
Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
Job 15:33
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
Job 15:34
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."
Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."
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