Job 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire? “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 You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you, 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 to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of 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 iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers. 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 will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer 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 Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed 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 Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you? 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, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know? 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 There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers. 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 Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this. 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 exalt you, and why do you gaze with your eyes, as if thinking great things? 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 Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from 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 immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman? 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, among his holy ones not one is immutable, and even 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 more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity? 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 reveal to you, so listen to me; and I will explain to you what I have seen. “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 The wise acknowledge, and they do not leave behind, 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 earth has been given, and no stranger passed 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 impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain. 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 The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason. 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 it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side. 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 When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness has been prepared for his 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 Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to 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 For he has extended his hand against God, and he has strengthened himself 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 He has rushed against him with his throat exposed, and he has been armed with a fat neck. running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield; defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
27 Thickness has covered his face, and lard hangs down from his sides. 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 He has lived in desolate cities and deserted houses, which have been turned into tombs. 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 be enriched, nor will his basic necessities endure, nor will he establish his root in 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 withdraw from the darkness; the flame will burn up his branches, and he will be defeated by the breath of his own mouth. 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 will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price. 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 Before his time is completed, he will pass into ruin and his hands will 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 be wounded like a grapevine, when its cluster is in first flower, and like an olive tree that casts off its flower. 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 the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money. 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 has conceived sorrow, and he has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceit. 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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