Job 15
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Job 15:1
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Job 15:2
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"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?
Job 15:3
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"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
Job 15:4
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"Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God.
Job 15:5
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"For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.
Job 15:6
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"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
Job 15:7
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"Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Job 15:8
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"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
Job 15:9
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"What do you know that we do not know? {What} do you understand that we do not?
Job 15:10
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"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
Job 15:11
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"Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word {spoken} gently with you?
Job 15:12
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"Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,
Job 15:13
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That you should turn your spirit against God And allow {such} words to go out of your mouth?
Job 15:14
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"What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 15:15
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"Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
Job 15:16
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How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
Job 15:17
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"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;
Job 15:18
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What wise men have told, And have not concealed from their fathers,
Job 15:19
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To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them.
Job 15:20
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"The wicked man writhes in pain all {his} days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
Job 15:21
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"Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
Job 15:22
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"He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword.
Job 15:23
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"He wanders about for food, saying, `Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
Job 15:24
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"Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
Job 15:25
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Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
Job 15:26
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"He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield.
Job 15:27
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"For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
Job 15:28
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"He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.
Job 15:29
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"He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
Job 15:30
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"He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
Job 15:31
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"Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
Job 15:32
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"It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green.
Job 15:33
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"He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
Job 15:34
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"For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
Job 15:35
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"They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception."
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