ABP - Job - 15

15:1  And undertaking, Eliphaz the Temanite says,

15:2  Is it that a wise man [2an answer 1will give] of an understanding spirit, and filled up the misery of the womb,

15:3  reproving in sayings [3in which 4must not be spoken 1with 2words], in which no one benefits?

15:4  And did you not undo fear, and complete [2sayings 1such] before the lord?

15:5  You are liable by the sayings of your mouth, of which you litigated sayings of mighty ones.

15:6  May [3reprove 4you 1your 2mouth], and not I. And your lips, may they bear witness against you.

15:7  For what, are you the first man born? or [2before 3the hills 1were you banked up]?

15:8  [2the arranged order 3of the lord 1have you heard]? and unto you [2arrived 1wisdom]?

15:9  For what do you know, which we do not know? or what do you perceive, which [2do not 3also 1we]?

15:10  And indeed an elder, and indeed an old one is among us, more weighty than your father, in days.

15:11  [2but little 3for 4your sins 1You have been whipped], but greatly above measure have you spoken.

15:12  What did [2dare 1your heart]? or what have [2added to see 1your eyes],

15:13  that your rage tore before the lord, and [3led forth 4from out of 5your mouth 2sayings 1such]?

15:14  For who, being a mortal, still will be blameless? or [3as 4being 5just 1who is born 2of a woman]?

15:15  forasmuch as [2the holy ones 1he trusts not], and the heaven is not pure before him.

15:16  Alas then, [2is abhorrent 3and 4unclean 1man], drinking iniquity equal to a beverage.

15:17  But I will report to you, hear me! What indeed I have seen, I will report to you --

15:18  what the wise men shall say, and what was not hidden from their fathers.

15:19  To them alone [3was given 1the 2earth], and no [2came 1foreigner] upon them.

15:20  All the existence of the impious is spent in bewilderment; and the years [3are counted 1being given 2to the mighty one],

15:21  and his fear is in his ears. Whenever the impious should seem already at peace, [3shall come 1his 2undoing].

15:22  Let him not trust to return from darkness, for he has been given charge already unto the hands of iron.

15:23  And he has been delegated for the grain of vultures, and he knows in himself that he waits for being a corpse; [3day 1and 2a dark] shall whirl him away.

15:24  And distress and affliction shall hold him down. [2is as 3a commandant 4of the front rank 1His falling down].

15:25  For he has lifted hands against the lord, and before the almighty he stiffened his neck.

15:26  And he ran against his insolence with the thickness of the back of his shield.

15:27  For he covered his face with his fat, and made a cleft upon the thighs.

15:28  And may he be lodged [2cities 1in desolate], and enter [2houses 1uninhabited]; and what these prepared, others shall carry away.

15:29  Nor shall he be enriched, nor shall [3remain 1his 2possessions]; in no way shall he cast [2upon 3the earth 1a shadow].

15:30  Neither shall he flee from the darkness; [4his bud 1may 3wither 2wind], [2may 5fall off 1and 3his 4flower].

15:31  Let him not trust that he will remain behind, for emptiness shall result to him.

15:32  His pruning [2before 3its season 1shall be corrupted], and his tender branch in no way shall become dense.

15:33  And may he be gathered as an unripe grape before its season; and may he fall off as the flower of the olive.

15:34  [3is the testimony 1For 4of an impious man 2death], and fire shall burn the houses of the ones taking bribes.

15:35  [4in 5the womb 1And 2he shall conceive 3griefs], and there shall result unto him emptiness, and his belly shall endure deceit.