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World English Bible

Job 15 (WEBP)

[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.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 15 (KJVS)

[1] Then answered () Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, ()
[2] Should a wise man utter () vain knowledge, And fill () his belly with the east wind?
[3] Should he reason () with unprofitable () talk? Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? ()
[4] Yea, thou castest off () fear, And restrainest () prayer before God.
[5] For thy mouth uttereth () thine iniquity, And thou choosest () the tongue of the crafty.
[6] Thine own mouth condemneth () thee, and not I: Yea, thine own lips testify () against thee.
[7] Art thou the first () man that was born? () Or wast thou made () before the hills?
[8] Hast thou heard () the secret of God? And dost thou restrain () wisdom to thyself?
[9] What knowest () thou, that we know () not? What understandest () thou, which is not in us?
[10] With us are both the grayheaded () and very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
[11] Are the consolations of God small with thee? Is there any secret thing with thee?
[12] Why doth thine heart carry thee away? () And what do thy eyes wink at, ()
[13] That thou turnest () thy spirit against God, And lettest such words go out () of thy mouth?
[14] What is man, that he should be clean? () And he which is born () of a woman, that he should be righteous? ()
[15] Behold, he putteth no trust () in his saints; Yea, the heavens are not clean () in his sight.
[16] How much more abominable () and filthy () is man, Which drinketh () iniquity () like water?
[17] I will shew () thee, hear () me; And that which I have seen () I will declare; ()
[18] Which wise men have told () From their fathers, and have not hid () it:
[19] Unto whom alone the earth was given, () And no stranger () passed () among them.
[20] The wicked man travaileth () with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden () to the oppressor.
[21] A dreadful sound is in his ears: In prosperity the destroyer () shall come () upon him.
[22] He believeth () not that he shall return () out of darkness, And he is waited () for of the sword.
[23] He wandereth abroad () for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth () that the day of darkness is ready () at his hand.
[24] Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; () They shall prevail () against him, as a king ready to the battle.
[25] For he stretcheth out () his hand against God, And strengtheneth () himself against the Almighty.
[26] He runneth () upon him, even on his neck, Upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
[27] Because he covereth () his face with his fatness, And maketh () collops of fat on his flanks.
[28] And he dwelleth () in desolate () cities, And in houses which no man inhabiteth, () Which are ready () to become heaps.
[29] He shall not be rich, () neither shall his substance continue, () Neither shall he prolong () the perfection thereof upon the earth.
[30] He shall not depart () out of darkness; The flame shall dry up () his branches, And by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. ()
[31] Let not him that is deceived () trust () in vanity: For vanity shall be his recompence.
[32] It shall be accomplished () before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
[33] He shall shake off () his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off () his flower as the olive.
[34] For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, And fire shall consume () the tabernacles of bribery.
[35] They conceive () mischief, and bring forth () vanity, And their belly prepareth () deceit.

Job 15:2 Heb. knowledge of wind
Job 15:4 Or, speech
Job 15:5 Heb. teacheth
Job 15:21 Heb. A sound of fears
Job 15:32 Or, cut off
Job 15:35 Or, iniquity

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 15 (BYZ)

[1] υπολαβων δε ελιφας ο θαιμανιτης λεγει
[2] ποτερον σοφος αποκρισιν δωσει συνεσεως πνευματος και ενεπλησεν πονον γαστρος
[3] ελεγχων εν ρημασιν οις ου δει εν λογοις οις ουδεν οφελος
[4] ου και συ απεποιησω φοβον συνετελεσω δε ρηματα τοιαυτα εναντι του κυριου
[5] ενοχος ει ρημασιν στοματος σου ουδε διεκρινας ρηματα δυναστων
[6] ελεγξαι σε το σον στομα και μη εγω τα δε χειλη σου καταμαρτυρησουσιν σου
[7] τι γαρ μη πρωτος ανθρωπων εγενηθης η προ θινων επαγης
[8] η συνταγμα κυριου ακηκοας εις δε σε αφικετο σοφια
[9] τι γαρ οιδας ο ουκ οιδαμεν η τι συνιεις ο ουχι και ημεις
[10] και γε πρεσβυτης και γε παλαιος εν ημιν βαρυτερος του πατρος σου ημεραις
[11] ολιγα ων ημαρτηκας μεμαστιγωσαι μεγαλως υπερβαλλοντως λελαληκας
[12] τι ετολμησεν η καρδια σου η τι επηνεγκαν οι οφθαλμοι σου
[13] οτι θυμον ερρηξας εναντι κυριου εξηγαγες δε εκ στοματος ρηματα τοιαυτα
[14] τις γαρ ων βροτος οτι εσται αμεμπτος η ως εσομενος δικαιος γεννητος γυναικος
[15] ει κατα αγιων ου πιστευει ουρανος δε ου καθαρος εναντιον αυτου
[16] εα δε εβδελυγμενος και ακαθαρτος ανηρ πινων αδικιας ισα ποτω
[17] αναγγελω δε σοι ακουε μου α δη εωρακα αναγγελω σοι
[18] α σοφοι ερουσιν και ουκ εκρυψαν πατερας αυτων
[19] αυτοις μονοις εδοθη η γη και ουκ επηλθεν αλλογενης επ αυτους
[20] πας ο βιος ασεβους εν φροντιδι ετη δε αριθμητα δεδομενα δυναστη
[21] ο δε φοβος αυτου εν ωσιν αυτου οταν δοκη ηδη ειρηνευειν ηξει αυτου η καταστροφη
[22] μη πιστευετω αποστραφηναι απο σκοτους εντεταλται γαρ ηδη εις χειρας σιδηρου
[23] κατατετακται δε εις σιτα γυψιν οιδεν δε εν εαυτω οτι μενει εις πτωμα ημερα δε αυτον σκοτεινη στροβησει
[24] αναγκη δε και θλιψις αυτον καθεξει ωσπερ στρατηγος πρωτοστατης πιπτων
[25] οτι ηρκεν χειρας εναντιον του κυριου εναντι δε κυριου παντοκρατορος ετραχηλιασεν
[26] εδραμεν δε εναντιον αυτου υβρει εν παχει νωτου ασπιδος αυτου
[27] οτι εκαλυψεν το προσωπον αυτου εν στεατι αυτου και εποιησεν περιστομιον επι των μηριων
[28] αυλισθειη δε πολεις ερημους εισελθοι δε εις οικους αοικητους α δε εκεινοι ητοιμασαν αλλοι αποισονται
[29] ουτε μη πλουτισθη ουτε μη μεινη αυτου τα υπαρχοντα ου μη βαλη επι την γην σκιαν
[30] ουδε μη εκφυγη το σκοτος τον βλαστον αυτου μαραναι ανεμος εκπεσοι δε αυτου το ανθος
[31] μη πιστευετω οτι υπομενει κενα γαρ αποβησεται αυτω
[32] η τομη αυτου προ ωρας φθαρησεται και ο ραδαμνος αυτου ου μη πυκαση
[33] τρυγηθειη δε ωσπερ ομφαξ προ ωρας εκπεσοι δε ως ανθος ελαιας
[34] μαρτυριον γαρ ασεβους θανατος πυρ δε καυσει οικους δωροδεκτων
[35] εν γαστρι δε λημψεται οδυνας αποβησεται δε αυτω κενα η δε κοιλια αυτου υποισει δολον

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.