15Job 15

CHAP. XV. / 1 Eliphaz reproueth Iob of impiety in iustifying himselfe. 17 He proueth by Tradition the vnquietnes of wicked men.

1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,Select Job 15:1

2Should a wise man vtter vaine knowledge, and fill his belly with the East winde?Select Job 15:2

3Should hee reason with vnprofitable talke? or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good?Select Job 15:3

4Yea thou castest off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.Select Job 15:4

5For thy mouth vttereth thine iniquitie, and thou choosest the tongue of the craftie.Select Job 15:5

6Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine owne lippes testifie against thee.Select Job 15:6

7Art thou the first man that was borne? or wast thou made before the hilles?Select Job 15:7

8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and doest thou restraine wisedome to thy selfe?Select Job 15:8

9What knowest thou that we know not? what vnderstandest thou, which is not in vs?Select Job 15:9

10With vs are both the gray headed, and very aged men, much elder then thy father.Select Job 15:10

11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?Select Job 15:11

12Why doeth thine heart carie thee away? and what doe thine eyes winke at,Select Job 15:12

13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words goe out of thy mouth?Select Job 15:13

14What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, that he should be righteous?Select Job 15:14

15Beholde, he putteth no trust in his Saints, yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.Select Job 15:15

16How much more abominable and filthie is man, which drinketh iniquitie like water?Select Job 15:16

17I will shew thee, heare me, and that which I haue seene, I wil declare,Select Job 15:17

18Which wise men haue tolde from their fathers, and haue not hid it:Select Job 15:18

19Unto whom alone the earth was giuen, and no stranger passed among them.Select Job 15:19

20The wicked man trauaileth with paine all his dayes, and the number of yeeres is hidden to the oppressour.Select Job 15:20

21A dreadfull sound is in his eares; in prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.Select Job 15:21

22He beleeueth not that he shall returne out of darkenesse, and he is waited for, of the sword.Select Job 15:22

23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkenes is ready at his hand.Select Job 15:23

24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall preuaile against him, as a king ready to the battell.Select Job 15:24

25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himselfe against the Almightie.Select Job 15:25

26He runneth vpon him, euen on his necke, vpon the thicke bosses of his bucklers:Select Job 15:26

27Because he couereth his face with his fatnesse, and maketh collops of fat on his flankes.Select Job 15:27

28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heapes.Select Job 15:28

29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof vpon the earth.Select Job 15:29

30He shall not depart out of darkenesse, the flame shall drie vp his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he goe away.Select Job 15:30

31Let not him that is deceiued, trust in vanitie: for vanitie shalbe his recompence.Select Job 15:31

32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not bee greene.Select Job 15:32

33He shal shake off his vnripe grape as the Uine, and shall cast off his flowre as the Oliue.Select Job 15:33

34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of briberie.Select Job 15:34

35They conceiue mischiefe, and bring forth vanitie, and their belly prepareth deceit.Select Job 15:35