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Job 15
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Job 15 . 1
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:TOSKJob 15:1
Job 15 . 2
2 “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?TOSKJob 15:2
Job 15 . 3
3 Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?TOSKJob 15:3
Job 15 . 4
4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.TOSKJob 15:4
Job 15 . 5
5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.TOSKJob 15:5
Job 15 . 6
6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.TOSKJob 15:6
Job 15 . 7
7 Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?TOSKJob 15:7
Job 15 . 8
8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?TOSKJob 15:8
Job 15 . 9
9 What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?TOSKJob 15:9
Job 15 . 10
10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.TOSKJob 15:10
Job 15 . 11
11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?TOSKJob 15:11
Job 15 . 12
12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,TOSKJob 15:12
Job 15 . 13
13 as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?TOSKJob 15:13
Job 15 . 14
14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?TOSKJob 15:14
Job 15 . 15
15 If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,TOSKJob 15:15
Job 15 . 16
16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?TOSKJob 15:16
Job 15 . 17
17 Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,TOSKJob 15:17
Job 15 . 18
18 what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,TOSKJob 15:18
Job 15 . 19
19 to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.TOSKJob 15:19
Job 15 . 20
20 A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.TOSKJob 15:20
Job 15 . 21
21 Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.TOSKJob 15:21
Job 15 . 22
22 He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.TOSKJob 15:22
Job 15 . 23
23 He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.TOSKJob 15:23
Job 15 . 24
24 Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.TOSKJob 15:24
Job 15 . 25
25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,TOSKJob 15:25
Job 15 . 26
26 rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.TOSKJob 15:26
Job 15 . 27
27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,TOSKJob 15:27
Job 15 . 28
28 he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.TOSKJob 15:28
Job 15 . 29
29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.IPLuke 1:53TOSKJob 15:29
Job 15 . 30
30 He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.TOSKJob 15:30
Job 15 . 31
31 Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.TOSKJob 15:31
Job 15 . 32
32 It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.TOSKJob 15:32
Job 15 . 33
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.TOSKJob 15:33
Job 15 . 34
34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.TOSKJob 15:34
Job 15 . 35
35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”TOSKJob 15:35