Job 15

15Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:H6030H464H8489H5592"Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?H2450H6030H7307H1847H4390H990H69213Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?H3198H5532H1697H4405H32764But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.H6565H3374H1639H7881H6440H4105Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.H6310H502H5771H977H3956H61756Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.H6310H7561H8193H60307"Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?H7223H7223H120H3205H2342H6440H13898Do you listen in on God's council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?H8085H5475H433H1639H24519What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?H3045H3045H99510The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.H7867H3453H3524H3117H111Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?H8575H410H4592H328H169712Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,H3820H3947H5869H733513so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?H7725H7307H410H4405H3318H631014"What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?H582H2135H3205H802H666315If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,H539H6918H8064H2141H586916how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!H8581H444H376H8354H5766H5766H432517"Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,H2331H8085H2372H560818what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from their fathersH2450H5046H1H358219(to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them):H776H5414H2114H5674H843220All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.H7563H2342H3117H4557H8141H6845H618421Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.H6343H6963H241H7965H7703H93522He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.H539H7725H2822H6822H271923He wanders about--food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.H5074H3899H3045H3117H2822H3559H302724Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,H6862H4691H1204H8630H4428H6264H359325because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,H5186H3027H410H1396H770626defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.H7323H6677H5672H1354H404327"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,H3680H6440H2459H6213H6371H368928he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.H7931H3582H5892H1004H3427H6257H153029He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.H6238H2428H6965H5186H4512H77630He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.H5493H2822H7957H3001H3127H7307H6310H549331Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.H8582H539H7723H7723H854532Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.H4390H3808H3117H3712H748833He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.H2554H1154H1612H7993H5328H213234For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.H5712H2611H1565H784H398H168H781035They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."H2029H5999H3205H205H990H3559H4820