15Job 15

1And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:Select Job 15:1

2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?Select Job 15:2

3Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.Select Job 15:3

4As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.Select Job 15:4

5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.Select Job 15:5

6Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.Select Job 15:6

7Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?Select Job 15:7

8Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?Select Job 15:8

9What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?Select Job 15:9

10There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.Select Job 15:10

11Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.Select Job 15:11

12Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?Select Job 15:12

13Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?Select Job 15:13

14What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?Select Job 15:14

15Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.Select Job 15:15

16How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?Select Job 15:16

17I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.Select Job 15:17

18Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.Select Job 15:18

19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.Select Job 15:19

20The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.Select Job 15:20

21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.Select Job 15:21

22He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.Select Job 15:22

23When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.Select Job 15:23

24Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.Select Job 15:24

25For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.Select Job 15:25

26He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.Select Job 15:26

27Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.Select Job 15:27

28He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.Select Job 15:28

29He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.Select Job 15:29

30He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.Select Job 15:30

31He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.Select Job 15:31

32Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.Select Job 15:32

33He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.Select Job 15:33

34For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.Select Job 15:34

35He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.Select Job 15:35