Book of Job, Chapter 15
Job 15 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 15 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Then Eliphaz the Temanite [a]responded,
- ¶ “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
1And fill [b]himself with the east wind? - “Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable? - “Indeed, you do away with [c]reverence
And hinder meditation before God. - “For 2your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of 3the crafty. - “Your 4own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you. - ¶ “Were you the first man to be born,
Or 5were you brought forth before the hills? - “Do you hear the 6secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself? - “7What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that [d]we do not? - “Both the 8gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father. - “Are 9the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the 10word spoken gently with you? - “Why does your 11heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash, - That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth? - “What is man, that 12he should be pure,
Or 13he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? - “Behold, He puts no trust in His 14holy ones,
And the 15heavens are not pure in His sight; - How much less one who is 16detestable and corrupt,
Man, who 17drinks iniquity like water! - ¶ “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare; - What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from 18their fathers, - To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them. - “The wicked man writhes 19in pain all his days,
And [e]numbered are the years 20stored up for the ruthless. - “[f]Sounds of 21terror are in his ears;
22While at peace the destroyer comes upon him. - “He does not believe that he will 23return from darkness,
And he is destined for 24the sword. - “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of 25darkness is [g]at hand. - “Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack, - Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself 26arrogantly against [h]the Almighty. - “He rushes [i]headlong at Him
With [j]his massive shield. - “For he has 27covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh. - “He has 28lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become [k]ruins. - “He 29will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground. - “He will 30not [l]escape from darkness;
The 31flame will wither his shoots,
And by 32the breath of His mouth he will go away. - “Let him not 33trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his [m]reward. - “It will be accomplished 34before his time,
And his palm 35branch will not be green. - “He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will 36cast off his flower like the olive tree. - “For the company of 37the godless is barren,
And fire consumes 38the tents of [n]the corrupt. - “They 39conceive [o]mischief and bring forth iniquity,
And their [p]mind prepares deception.”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit answered and said
- ^ Lit his belly
- ^ Lit fear
- ^ Lit is not within us?
- ^ Lit the number of years are
- ^ Lit A sound of terrors is
- ^ Lit ready at his hand
- ^ Heb Shaddai
- ^ Lit with a stiff neck
- ^ Lit the thick-bossed shields
- ^ Or heaps
- ^ Lit turn aside
- ^ Lit exchange
- ^ Lit a bribe
- ^ Or pain
- ^ Lit belly
REFERENCES
- ^ Jb 6:26
- ^ Jb 22:5
- ^ Jb 5:12, 13
- ^ Jb 18:7
- ^ Jb 38:4, 21; Pr 8:25
- ^ Jb 29:4; Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:11
- ^ Jb 12:3; 13:2
- ^ Jb 12:12; 32:6, 7
- ^ Jb 5:17-19; 36:15, 16
- ^ Jb 6:10; 23:12
- ^ Jb 11:13; 36:13
- ^ Jb 14:4; Pr 20:9; Ec 7:20
- ^ Jb 25:4
- ^ Jb 5:1
- ^ Jb 25:5
- ^ Ps 14:1
- ^ Jb 34:7; Pr 19:28
- ^ Jb 8:8; 20:4
- ^ Jb 15:24
- ^ Jb 24:1; 27:13
- ^ Jb 15:24; 18:11; 20:25; 24:17; 27:20
- ^ Jb 20:21; 1Th 5:3
- ^ Jb 15:30
- ^ Jb 19:29; 27:14; 33:18; 36:12
- ^ Jb 15:22, 30
- ^ Jb 36:9
- ^ Ps 73:7; 119:70
- ^ Jb 3:14; Is 5:8, 9
- ^ Jb 27:16, 17
- ^ Jb 5:14; 15:22
- ^ Jb 15:34; 20:26; 22:20; 31:12
- ^ Jb 4:9
- ^ Jb 35:13; Is 59:4
- ^ Jb 22:16; Ec 7:17
- ^ Jb 18:16
- ^ Jb 14:2
- ^ Jb 8:13
- ^ Jb 8:22
- ^ Ps 7:14; Is 59:4
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