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[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
[2] “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge,
and fill himself with the east wind?
[3] Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
or with speeches with which he can do no good?
[4] Yes, you do away with fear,
and hinder devotion before God.
[5] For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the language 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 brought out before the hills?
[8] Have you heard the secret counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
[9] What do you know that we don’t know?
What do you understand which is not in us?
[10] With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men,
much older than your father.
[11] Are the consolations of God too small for you,
even the word that is gentle toward you?
[12] Why does your heart carry you away?
Why do your eyes flash,
[13] that you turn your spirit against God,
and let such words go out of your mouth?
[14] What is man, that he should be clean?
What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
[15] Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones.
Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
[16] how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
a man who drinks iniquity like water! [17] “I will show you, listen to me;
that which I have seen I will declare
[18] (which wise men have told by their fathers,
and have not hidden it;
[19] to whom alone the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them):
[20] the wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
[21] A sound of terrors is in his ears.
In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
[22] He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness.
He is waited for by the sword.
[23] He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
[24] Distress and anguish make him afraid.
They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
[25] Because he has stretched out his hand against God,
and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
[26] he runs at him with a stiff neck,
with the thick shields of his bucklers,
[27] because he has covered his face with his fatness,
and gathered fat on his thighs.
[28] He has lived in desolate cities,
in houses which no one inhabited,
which were ready to become heaps.
[29] He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue,
neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
[30] He will not depart out of darkness.
The flame will dry up his branches.
He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
[31] Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his reward.
[32] It will be accomplished before his time.
His branch will not be green.
[33] He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
[34] For the company of the godless will be barren,
and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
[35] They conceive mischief and produce iniquity.
Their heart prepares deceit.”
[2] “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge,
and fill himself with the east wind?
[3] Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
or with speeches with which he can do no good?
[4] Yes, you do away with fear,
and hinder devotion before God.
[5] For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the language 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 brought out before the hills?
[8] Have you heard the secret counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
[9] What do you know that we don’t know?
What do you understand which is not in us?
[10] With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men,
much older than your father.
[11] Are the consolations of God too small for you,
even the word that is gentle toward you?
[12] Why does your heart carry you away?
Why do your eyes flash,
[13] that you turn your spirit against God,
and let such words go out of your mouth?
[14] What is man, that he should be clean?
What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
[15] Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones.
Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
[16] how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
a man who drinks iniquity like water! [17] “I will show you, listen to me;
that which I have seen I will declare
[18] (which wise men have told by their fathers,
and have not hidden it;
[19] to whom alone the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them):
[20] the wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
[21] A sound of terrors is in his ears.
In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
[22] He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness.
He is waited for by the sword.
[23] He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
[24] Distress and anguish make him afraid.
They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
[25] Because he has stretched out his hand against God,
and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
[26] he runs at him with a stiff neck,
with the thick shields of his bucklers,
[27] because he has covered his face with his fatness,
and gathered fat on his thighs.
[28] He has lived in desolate cities,
in houses which no one inhabited,
which were ready to become heaps.
[29] He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue,
neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
[30] He will not depart out of darkness.
The flame will dry up his branches.
He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
[31] Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his reward.
[32] It will be accomplished before his time.
His branch will not be green.
[33] He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
[34] For the company of the godless will be barren,
and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
[35] They conceive mischief and produce iniquity.
Their heart prepares deceit.”
King James Version
Eliphaz Speaks
[1] Then answered H6030 (QalImpf) Eliphaz H464 the Temanite, H8489 and said, H559 (QalImpf)[2] Should a wise man H2450 utter H6030 (QalImpf) vain H7307 knowledge, H1847§
And fill H4390 (PielImpf) his belly H990 with the east wind? H6921
[3] Should he reason H3198 (HiphInf) with unprofitable H5532 (QalImpf) talk? H1697
Or with speeches H4405 wherewith he can do no good? H3276 (HiphImpf)
[4] Yea, thou castest off H6565 (HiphImpf) fear, H3374
And restrainest H1639 (QalImpf) prayer H7881§ before H6440 God. H410
[5] For thy mouth H6310 uttereth H502 (PielImpf)§ thine iniquity, H5771
And thou choosest H977 (QalImpf) the tongue H3956 of the crafty. H6175
[6] Thine own mouth H6310 condemneth H7561 (HiphImpf) thee, and not I:
Yea, thine own lips H8193 testify H6030 (QalImpf) against thee.
[7] Art thou the first H7223 (Qere) man H120 that was born? H3205 (NiphImpf)
Or wast thou made H2342 (PulaPerf) before H6440 the hills? H1389
[8] Hast thou heard H8085 (QalImpf) the secret H5475 of God? H433
And dost thou restrain H1639 (QalImpf) wisdom H2451 to thyself?
[9] What knowest H3045 (QalPerf) thou, that we know H3045 (QalImpf) not?
What understandest H995 (QalImpf) thou, which is not in us?
[10] With us are both the grayheaded H7867 (QalActPtc) and very aged H3453 men,
Much H3524 elder H3117 than thy father. H1
[11] Are the consolations H8575 of God H410 small H4592 with thee?
Is there any secret H328 thing H1697 with thee?
[12] Why doth thine heart H3820 carry thee away? H3947 (QalImpf)
And what do thy eyes H5869 wink at, H7335 (QalImpf)
[13] That thou turnest H7725 (HiphImpf) thy spirit H7307 against God, H410
And lettest such words H4405 go out H3318 (HiphPerf) of thy mouth? H6310
[14] What is man, H582 that he should be clean? H2135 (QalImpf)
And he which is born H3205 (QalPasPtc) of a woman, H802 that he should be righteous? H6663 (QalImpf)
[15] Behold, he putteth no trust H539 (HiphImpf) in his saints; H6918
Yea, the heavens H8064 are not clean H2141 (QalPerf) in his sight. H5869
[16] How much more abominable H8581 (NiphPtc) and filthy H444 (NiphPtc) is man, H376
Which drinketh H8354 (QalActPtc) iniquity H5766 (Qere) like water? H4325
[17] I will shew H2331 (PielImpf) thee, hear H8085 (QalImpv) me;
And that which I have seen H2372 (QalPerf) I will declare; H5608 (PielImpf)
[18] Which wise H2450 men have told H5046 (HiphImpf)
From their fathers, H1 and have not hid H3582 (PielPerf) it:
[19] Unto whom alone the earth H776 was given, H5414 (NiphPerf)
And no stranger H2114 (QalPtc) passed H5674 (QalPerf) among H8432 them.
[20] The wicked H7563 man travaileth H2342 (HiplPtc) with pain all his days, H3117
And the number H4557 of years H8141 is hidden H6845 (NiphPerf) to the oppressor. H6184
[21] A dreadful H6343 sound H6963§ is in his ears: H241
In prosperity H7965 the destroyer H7703 (QalActPtc) shall come H935 (QalImpf) upon him.
[22] He believeth H539 (HiphImpf) not that he shall return H7725 (QalInf) out of darkness, H2822
And he is waited H6822 (QalPasPtc) for of the sword. H2719
[23] He wandereth abroad H5074 (QalActPtc) for bread, H3899 saying, Where is it?
He knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) that the day H3117 of darkness H2822 is ready H3559 (NiphPtc) at his hand. H3027
[24] Trouble H6862 and anguish H4691 shall make him afraid; H1204 (PielImpf)
They shall prevail H8630 (QalImpf) against him, as a king H4428 ready H6264 to the battle. H3593
[25] For he stretcheth out H5186 (QalPerf) his hand H3027 against God, H410
And strengtheneth H1396 (HithImpf) himself against the Almighty. H7706
[26] He runneth H7323 (QalImpf) upon him, even on his neck, H6677
Upon the thick H5672 bosses H1354 of his bucklers: H4043
[27] Because he covereth H3680 (PielPerf) his face H6440 with his fatness, H2459
And maketh H6213 (QalImpf) collops of fat H6371 on his flanks. H3689
[28] And he dwelleth H7931 (QalImpf) in desolate H3582 (NiphPtc) cities, H5892
And in houses H1004 which no man inhabiteth, H3427 (QalImpf)
Which are ready H6257 (HithPerf) to become heaps. H1530
[29] He shall not be rich, H6238 (QalImpf) neither shall his substance H2428 continue, H6965 (QalImpf)
Neither shall he prolong H5186 (QalImpf) the perfection H4512 thereof upon the earth. H776
[30] He shall not depart H5493 (QalImpf) out of darkness; H2822
The flame H7957 shall dry up H3001 (PielImpf) his branches, H3127
And by the breath H7307 of his mouth H6310 shall he go away. H5493 (QalImpf)
[31] Let not him that is deceived H8582 (NiphPerf) trust H539 (HiphImpf) in vanity: H7723
For vanity H7723 shall be his recompence. H8545
[32] It shall be accomplished H4390 (NiphImpf)§ before H3808 his time, H3117
And his branch H3712 shall not be green. H7488
[33] He shall shake off H2554 (QalImpf) his unripe grape H1154 as the vine, H1612
And shall cast off H7993 (HiphImpf) his flower H5328 as the olive. H2132
[34] For the congregation H5712 of hypocrites H2611 shall be desolate, H1565
And fire H784 shall consume H398 (QalPerf) the tabernacles H168 of bribery. H7810
[35] They conceive H2029 (QalInf) mischief, H5999 and bring forth H3205 (QalInf) vanity, H205§
And their belly H990 prepareth H3559 (HiphImpf) deceit. H4820
Footnotes
- § 15:2 Heb. knowledge of wind
- § 15:4 Or, speech
- § 15:5 Heb. teacheth
- § 15:21 Heb. A sound of fears
- § 15:32 Or, cut off
- § 15:35 Or, iniquity
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