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