Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 15

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Job 15 . 1 , Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself; v.17 , He proves by tradition the unquietness of wicked men.

Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

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Job 15:2

“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

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Heb. knowledge of wind

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Job 15:3

Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

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Job 15:4

But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

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prayer or , speech.

Job 15:5

For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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Job 15:6

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

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Job 15:7

Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

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Job 15:8

Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

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Job 15:9

What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

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Job 15:10

Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.

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Job 15:11

Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

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Job 15:12

Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

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Job 15:13

as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

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Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

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Job 15:15

If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

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Job 15:16

how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

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How much Rather , "How much less aph kee , abominable and filthy man ," who , under the influence of sinful propensities , commits sin as greedily as a thirsty man or camel drinks down water.

Job 15:17

Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

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Job 15:18

what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,

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Job 15:19

to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

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Job 15:20

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

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Job 15:21

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

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Job 15:22

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

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Job 15:23

He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

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Job 15:24

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

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Job 15:25

For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

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Job 15:26

rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

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Job 15:27

Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

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Job 15:28

he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

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Job 15:29

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

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Job 15:30

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

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Job 15:31

Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

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Job 15:32

It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

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or , cut off

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Job 15:33

He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

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Job 15:34

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

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Job 15:35

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

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vanity or , iniquity

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