Job 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered [Job] and said, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 “Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard] And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]? “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
3 “Should he rebuke and argue with useless talk? Or with words in which there is no benefit? Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good? Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
4 “Indeed, you are doing away with fear, And you are diminishing meditation before God. But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God. But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
5 “For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning. For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
6 “Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you. Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you. Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
7 “Were you the first man to be born [the original wise man], Or were you created before the hills? “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills? “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
8 “Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself? Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself? Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
9 “What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not equally clear to us? What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
10 “Among us are both the gray-haired and the aged, Older than your father. Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father. The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
11 “Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you, [Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective? Are the comforts of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you? Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
12 “Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]? And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt], Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash, Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
13 That you should turn your spirit against God And let such words [as you have spoken] go out of your mouth? that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth? so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
14 “What is man, that he should be pure and clean, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just? What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous? “What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
15 “Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels); Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight— Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight; If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
16 How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt, Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water! how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water! how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!
17 “I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare; “I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare “Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
18 What wise men have [freely] told, And have not hidden [anything passed on to them] from their fathers, (what wise men have told, without hiding it from their fathers, what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors
19 To whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them [corrupting the truth]. to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them). (to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them):
20 “The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one. The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless. All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
21 “A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears; While at peace and in a time of prosperity the destroyer comes upon him [the tent of the robber is not at peace]. Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him. Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
22 “He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered], And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance]. He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword. He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23 “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand. He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand; He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
24 “Distress and anxiety terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for battle. distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle. Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
25 “Because he has stretched out his hand against God And behaves arrogantly against the Almighty, Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty, because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
26 Running and charging headlong against Him With his ornamented and massive shield; running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield; defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
27 For he has covered his face with his fat, Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures], because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist “Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
28 And he has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities, In houses which no one should inhabit, Which were destined to become heaps [of ruins]; and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins; he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
29 He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend to the earth nor his possessions be extended on the earth. he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth; He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
30 “He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster]; The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch, And by the blast of His mouth he will go away. he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart. He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
31 “Let him not trust in vanity (emptiness, futility) and be led astray; For emptiness will be his reward [for such living]. Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment. Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
32 “It will be fulfilled while he still lives, And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away]. It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green. Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.
33 “He will fail to bring his grapes to maturity [leaving them to wither unnourished] on the vine, And will cast off blossoms [and fail to bring forth fruit] like the olive tree. He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine, and cast off his blossom like the olive tree. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
34 “For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice). For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery. For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
35 “They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness, And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.” They conceive trouble and give birth to evil, and their womb prepares deceit.” They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”
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