Job 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then aunswered Eliphaz the Themanite, and saide: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Shall a wyse mans aunswere be as the winde, and fill a mans belly as it were with the winde of the east? “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 Shall he reproue with a worde that is nothing worth, & speake the thinges which can do no good? 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 Surely thou hast cast of feare, and restrainest prayer 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 thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie. 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 Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee. 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 Art thou the first man that euer was borne? or wast thou made before the hils? “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 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee? 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 knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same? 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 With vs are both olde and aged men, yea such as haue liued longer then thy 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 Thinkest thou it a small thing of the consolations of God? with thee is a lying worde. 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 doth thyne heart so bewitche thee? And wherefore winckest thou with thyne eyes, 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 thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy 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 cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous? 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 Beholde he doth not trust his sainctes, yea, the very heauens are not cleane 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 more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse 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 tel thee, heare me, and I will shewe thee that I haue seene: “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 Which wyse men haue tolde, and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers: (what wise men have told, without hiding it from their fathers, what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors
19 Unto whom alone the earth was geue, and no straunger went among them. 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 vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman with childe, and the number of a tirauntes yeres is vnknowen. 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 feareful sounde is euer in his eares, and when he is in peace, the destroyer shall come vpon him. 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 beleueth neuer to be deliuered out of darknesse: for the sworde is alwayes before his eyes. 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 wandreth abrode for bread where it is, knowing that the day of darkenesse is redie at his hande. 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 Trouble and anguishe wil make him afrayde, and compasse him about, as is a king in the middest of an armie. 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 For he hath stretched out his hande against God, and armed him selfe against the almightie. 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 He runneth proudly vpon him, & with a stiffe necke fighteth he against him. running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield; defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
27 Where as he couereth his face with fatnesse, and maketh his body well lyking. 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 Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones. 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 shall not be riche, neither shall his substaunce continue, neither shal the prosperitie thereof be prolonged vpon 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 shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth of God shall he be taken 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 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie, and yet vanitie shalbe his recompence. 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 He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his braunche shall not be greene. 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 shalbe plucked of as an vntimely grape from the vine, and shall let his floure fall as the oliue doth. 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 congregation of hypocrites shalbe desolate, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedie to receaue giftes. 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 He conceaueth trauaile, and beareth vanitie, and their body bringeth foorth disceyte. 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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