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Passage Lookup: Job 15:1-13

NASNew American Standard Bible
KJVKing James Version
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Job 15:1
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
Job 15:2
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which do not benefit?
Job 15:3
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
"Indeed, you do away with reverence, And hinder meditation before God.
Job 15:4
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
"For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the cunning.
Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
"Were you the first person to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Job 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
"Do you hear the secret discussion of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
Job 15:8
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
"What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?
Job 15:9
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
Job 15:10
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
"Are the consolations of God too little for you, Or the word spoken gently to you?
Job 15:11
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
"Why does your heart take you away? And why do your eyes wink,
Job 15:12
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
That you can turn your spirit against God And produce such words from your mouth?
Job 15:13
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
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