Job 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Doth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly? “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 To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them? 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 Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish 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 thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile. 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 Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify 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 The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed? “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 Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom? 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 hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with 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 Both the gray-headed And the very aged are among us -- Greater than thy father in days. 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 Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word is with thee, 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 What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high? 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 For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from 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 is pure, And that he is righteous, one 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 Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes. 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 Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness. 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 shew thee -- hearken to me -- And this I have seen and 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 Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- 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 them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst: 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 'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible 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 fearful voice is in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to 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 believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword. 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 is wandering for bread -- 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness. 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 Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster. 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 stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty. 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 unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields. running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield; defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
27 For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over his confidence. 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 inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps. 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 is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance. 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 turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His 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 Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is 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 Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green. 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 shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom. 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 profane is gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery. 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 To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare 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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