Job 15

CHAPTER 15 Job Held Liable for His Words

1 And undertaking, Eliphaz the Temanite says, 2 Is it that a wise man [²an answer ¹will give] of an understanding spirit, and filled up the misery of the womb, 3 reproving in sayings [³in which ⁴must not be spoken ¹with ²words], in which no one benefits? 4 And did you not undo fear, and complete [²sayings ¹such] before the lord? 5 You are liable by the sayings of your mouth, of which you litigated sayings of mighty ones. 6 May [³reprove ⁴you ¹your ²mouth], and not I. And your lips, may they bear witness against you. 7 For what, are you the first man born? or [²before ³the hills ¹were you banked up]? 8 [²the arranged order ³of the lord ¹have you heard]? and unto you [²arrived ¹wisdom]? 9 For what do you know, which we do not know? or what do you perceive, which [²do not ³also ¹we]? 10 And indeed an elder, and indeed an old one is among us, more weighty than your father, in days. 11 [²but little ³for ⁴your sins ¹You have been whipped], but greatly above measure have you spoken. 12 What did [²dare ¹your heart]? or what have [²added to see ¹your eyes], 13 that your rage tore before the lord, and [³led forth ⁴from out of ⁵your mouth ²sayings ¹such]? 14 For who, being a mortal, still will be blameless? or [³as ⁴being ⁵just ¹who is born ²of a woman]? 15 forasmuch as [²the holy ones ¹he trusts not], and the heaven is not pure before him. 16 Alas then, [²is abhorrent ³and ⁴unclean ¹man], drinking iniquity equal to a beverage. 17 But I will report to you, hear me! What indeed I have seen, I will report to you -- 18 what the wise men shall say, and what was not hidden from their fathers. 19 To them alone [³was given ¹the ²earth], and no [²came ¹foreigner] upon them. 20 All the existence of the impious is spent in bewilderment; and the years [³are counted ¹being given ²to the mighty one], 21 and his fear is in his ears. Whenever the impious should seem already at peace, [³shall come ¹his ²undoing]. 22 Let him not trust to return from darkness, for he has been given charge already unto the hands of iron. 23 And he has been delegated for the grain of vultures, and he knows in himself that he waits for being a corpse; [³day ¹and ²a dark] shall whirl him away. 24 And distress and affliction shall hold him down. [²is as ³a commandant ⁴of the front rank ¹His falling down]. 25 For he has lifted hands against the lord, and before the almighty he stiffened his neck. 26 And he ran against his insolence with the thickness of the back of his shield. 27 For he covered his face with his fat, and made a cleft upon the thighs. 28 And may he be lodged [²cities ¹in desolate], and enter [²houses ¹uninhabited]; and what these prepared, others shall carry away. 29 Nor shall he be enriched, nor shall [³remain ¹his ²possessions]; in no way shall he cast [²upon ³the earth ¹a shadow]. 30 Neither shall he flee from the darkness; [⁴his bud ¹may ³wither ²wind], [²may ⁵fall off ¹and ³his ⁴flower]. 31 Let him not trust that he will remain behind, for emptiness shall result to him. 32 His pruning [²before ³its season ¹shall be corrupted], and his tender branch in no way shall become dense. 33 And may he be gathered as an unripe grape before its season; and may he fall off as the flower of the olive. 34 [³is the testimony ¹For ⁴of an impious man ²death], and fire shall burn the houses of the ones taking bribes. 35 [⁴in ⁵the womb ¹And ²he shall conceive ³griefs], and there shall result unto him emptiness, and his belly shall endure deceit.