CPDV - Job - 15

15:1  But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:

15:2  Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?

15:3  You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you,

15:4  to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God.

15:5  For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.

15:6  Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you.

15:7  Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills?

15:8  Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you?

15:9  What do you know, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know?

15:10  There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers.

15:11  Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this.

15:12  Why does your heart exalt you, and why do you gaze with your eyes, as if thinking great things?

15:13  Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from your mouth?

15:14  What is man that he should be immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman?

15:15  Behold, among his holy ones not one is immutable, and even the heavens are not pure in his sight.

15:16  How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity?

15:17  I will reveal to you, so listen to me; and I will explain to you what I have seen.

15:18  The wise acknowledge, and they do not leave behind, their fathers,

15:19  to whom alone the earth has been given, and no stranger passed among them.

15:20  The impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

15:21  The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.

15:22  He does not believe that it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side.

15:23  When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness has been prepared for his hand.

15:24  Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to battle.

15:25  For he has extended his hand against God, and he has strengthened himself against the Almighty.

15:26  He has rushed against him with his throat exposed, and he has been armed with a fat neck.

15:27  Thickness has covered his face, and lard hangs down from his sides.

15:28  He has lived in desolate cities and deserted houses, which have been turned into tombs.

15:29  He will not be enriched, nor will his basic necessities endure, nor will he establish his root in the earth.

15:30  He will not withdraw from the darkness; the flame will burn up his branches, and he will be defeated by the breath of his own mouth.

15:31  He will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price.

15:32  Before his time is completed, he will pass into ruin and his hands will wither away.

15:33  He will be wounded like a grapevine, when its cluster is in first flower, and like an olive tree that casts off its flower.

15:34  For the congregation of the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money.

15:35  He has conceived sorrow, and he has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceit.