Job Chapter 15 (NKJV)
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1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said | |
2. Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? | |
3. Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good? | |
4. Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God. | |
5. For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty. | |
6. Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you. | |
7. Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills? | |
8. Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? | |
9. What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in us? | |
10. Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your father. | |
11. Are the consolations of God too small for you, And the word spoken gently with you? | |
12. Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at, | |
13. That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth? | |
14. What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous? | |
15. If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight, | |
16. How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water! | |
17. I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare, | |
18. What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers, | |
19. To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them | |
20. The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor. | |
21. Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him. | |
22. He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him. | |
23. He wanders about for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand. | |
24. Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle. | |
25. For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty, | |
26. Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield. | |
27. Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat, | |
28. He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins. | |
29. He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth. | |
30. He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away. | |
31. Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward. | |
32. It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green. | |
33. He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree. | |
34. For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery. | |
35. They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit." |
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