New American Standard Bible 1995 | King James Bible |
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded, | 1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, |
2"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind? | 2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? |
3"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable? | 3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? |
4"Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God. | 4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. |
5"For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty. | 5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. |
6"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you. | 6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. |
7"Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills? | 7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? |
8"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself? | 8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? |
9"What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not? | 9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? |
10"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father. | 10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. |
11"Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word spoken gently with you? | 11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? |
12"Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash, | 12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, |
13That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth? | 13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? |
14"What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? | 14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? |
15"Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight; | 15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. |
16How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water! | 16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? |
17"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare; | 17I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; |
18What wise men have told, And have not concealed from their fathers, | 18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: |
19To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them. | 19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. |
20"The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless. | 20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. |
21"Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him. | 21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. |
22"He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword. | 22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. |
23"He wanders about for food, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at hand. | 23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
24"Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack, | 24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. |
25Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty. | 25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. |
26"He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield. | 26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: |
27"For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh. | 27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. |
28"He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins. | 28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. |
29"He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground. | 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. |
30"He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away. | 30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. |
31"Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward. | 31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. |
32"It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green. | 32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. |
33"He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree. | 33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. |
34"For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt. | 34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. |
35"They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception." | 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. |
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