Noyes - Job - 15

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

15:2  Should a wise man answer with arguments of wind, Or fill his bosom with the east wind?

15:3  Should he argue with speech that helpeth him not, And with words which do not profit him?

15:4  Behold, thou makest the fear of God a vain thing, And discouragest prayer before him.

15:5  Yea, thy own mouth proclaimeth thy iniquity, Though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

15:6  Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Thy own lips testify against thee.

15:7  Art thou the first man that was born? Wast thou formed before the hills?

15:8  Hast thou listened in the council of God, And drawn all wisdom to thyself?

15:9  What dost thou know, that we know not also? What dost thou understand, that is a secret to us?

15:10  With us are the aged and hoary-headed; Much older than thy father.

15:11  Dost thou despise the consolations of God, And words so full of kindness to thee?

15:12  Why hath thy passion taken possession of thee? And why this winking of thine eyes?

15:13  For against God hast thou turned thy spirit, And uttered such words from thy mouth.

15:14  What is man, that he should be pure, And he that is born of woman, that he should be innocent?

15:15  Behold, He putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And the heavens are not pure in his sight;

15:16  Much less, abominable and polluted man, Who drinketh iniquity as water.

15:17  Hear me, and I will show thee, And that which I have seen will I declare;

15:18  Which the wise men have told, And not kept concealed, as received from their fathers;

15:19  To whom alone the land was given, And among whom not a stranger wandered.

15:20  "All his days the wicked man is in pain; Yea, all the years, that are laid up for the oppressor.

15:21  A fearful sound is in his ears; In peace the destroyer cometh upon him.

15:22  He hath no hope that he shall escape from darkness; He is set apart for the sword.

15:23  He wandereth about, seeking bread; He knoweth that a day of darkness is at hand.

15:24  Distress and anguish fill him with dread; They prevail against him like a king ready for the battle.

15:25  Because he stretched forth his hand against God, And bade defiance to the Almighty,

15:26  And ran against him with outstretched neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

15:27  Because he covered his face with fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins,

15:28  And dwelt in desolated cities, In houses which no man inhabiteth, That are ready to become heaps.

15:29  He shall not be rich; his substance shall not endure, And his possessions shall not be extended upon the earth.

15:30  He shall not escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.

15:31  "Let not man trust in vanity! he will be deceived; For vanity shall be his recompense.

15:32  He shall come to his end before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

15:33  He shall shake off his unripe fruit like the vine, And shed his blossoms like the olive-tree.

15:34  The house of the unrighteous shall be famished, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

15:35  They conceive mischief, and bring forth misery, And their breast deviseth deceit."