Job 15

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

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2Will a wise man give as an answer a breath of understanding, And does he satisfy the pain in his belly,

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3Arguing with sayings which are not necessary And with words wherein is no profit?

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4Have you not moreover cast off fear And accomplished such words before the Lord?

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5You are guilty because of the words of your mouth, Nor have you discerned the words of the mighty.

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6May your mouth convict you, and not I; For your lips will testify against you.

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7What? Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the beaches?

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8Have you heard the doctrine of the Lord, And has wisdom come only to you?

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9What do you know that we do not?

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10What do you understand that we do not also? Both the aged and the very old are among us, Much older than your father.

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11You have been punished for only a few of your sins; You have spoken haughtily and exceedingly.

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12Why has your heart dared, Or what are your eyes set on,

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13That you have vented your anger before the Lord And brought forth such words from your mouth?

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14'For who is the mortal that shall be blameless, Or who is born of a woman that shall be righteous,

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15Since He does not trust His saints And heaven is not pure in His sight?

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16Alas then, detestable and unclean is a man Who drinks wrongdoings like water!

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17'But I will tell you, listen to me; I will tell you what I have now seen,

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18What wise men say. They did not hide anything received from their fathers.

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19To them alone the earth was given, And no stranger came among them.

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20All the life of an ungodly man is spent in anxiety, And the years granted an oppressor are numbered.

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21Fear is in his ears, And when he at last seems to be at peace, His destruction comes.

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22Let him not believe he will return from darkness, For he has already been given over to the power of the sword.

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23He has been appointed to be food for vultures, And he knows in himself that he lives in a dead body; And a dark day will carry him away like a whirlwind.

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24Trouble and anguish will come upon him, And like a general he will fall in the first rank.

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25For he lifted his hands against the Lord And acted defiantly against the Almighty Lord.

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26He ran in His sight with insolence, With the thickness of his wide shield.

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27'For he covered his face with his fat And put a collar upon his thighs.

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28May he lodge in deserted cities And enter uninhabited houses; And what they prepared, others will carry away.

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29Let him not grow rich, nor let his possessions remain; Let him not cast a shadow upon the earth,

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30Neither let him escape the darkness. Let the wind wither his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

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31Let him not believe he will endure, For futility will be his reward.

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32His harvest will perish before its gathering, And his branch will not flourish.

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33May he be gathered prematurely like unripe grapes, And may he fall off like the blossom of an olive tree.

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34For death is the witness of the ungodly man, And fire will burn the houses of those who take bribes.

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35So he will conceive sorrows, his end will be vain, And his belly shall bear deceit.'

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