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id="topheading"><a href="../job/14.htm" title="Job 14">◄</a> Job 15 <a href="../job/16.htm" title="Job 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/job/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Eliphaz Speaks Again</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Eliphaz from Teman responded:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Should a wise person respond with knowledge based on wind?</p> <p class="poetry2">Should he fill his stomach with a wind storm from the east?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Should he engage in unprofitable argument,</p> <p class="poetry2">or give a speech that benefits no one?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yet you dispense with fear of God</p> <p class="poetry2">and hinder meditations before God.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Because your sin dictates your speech,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:5 Lit. mouth">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">you have chosen the language<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:5 Lit. tongue">b</a></span> of the crafty.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Your own mouth is condemning you, not I;</p> <p class="poetry2">your own lips will testify against you.”</p> <p class="heading">Eliphaz Claims that Job is Guilty</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Were you the first person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:7 Lit. man">c</a></span> to be born?</p> <p class="poetry2">Were you brought forth before the hills were made?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Have you listened in on God’s secret council?</p> <p class="poetry2">Have you limited wisdom only to yourself?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What do you know that we don’t know,</p> <p class="poetry2">or that you understand and that isn’t clear to us?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“We have both the gray-haired and the aged with us,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they are far older<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:10 Lit. are older by many days">d</a></span> than your father.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Are God’s encouragements inconsequential to you,</p> <p class="poetry2">even a word that has been spoken<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:11 The Heb. lacks spoken">e</a></span> gently to you?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Why have your emotions<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:12 Lit. heart">f</a></span> carried you away?</p> <p class="poetry2">And why do your eyes flash</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>that you turn your anger<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:13 Lit. spirit">g</a></span> against God</p> <p class="poetry2">and speak words like this?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“What is mankind, that he can be blameless?</p> <p class="poetry2">Or does being born of a woman mean he’ll be in the right?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Look, if God<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:15 Lit. he">h</a></span> doesn’t trust his holy ones,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:15 Cf. Job 4:18">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">if even the heavens aren’t pure as he looks at them,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>then how much less is one who is abhorred and corrupted,</p> <p class="poetry2">such as a man who drinks injustice like water?”</p> <p class="heading">Eliphaz Describes the Plight of the Wicked</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“I’ll tell you what, listen to me!</p> <p class="poetry2">Let me relate what I’ve seen,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>which is what wise men have explained,</p> <p class="poetry2">who didn’t withhold anything from their ancestors.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>To them alone was the land given,</p> <p class="poetry2">when no invader<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:19 Or foreigner">j</a></span> passed through their midst.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“The wicked person writhes in pain throughout his life,</p> <p class="poetry2">a number of years has been reserved for the ruthless.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Terrifying sounds ring<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:21 The Heb. lacks ring">k</a></span> in his ears;</p> <p class="poetry2">when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:21 Or come upon him">l</a></span> him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He does not believe he will escape<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:22 Or turn aside">m</a></span> darkness;</p> <p class="poetry2">he is destined for the sword.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He wanders around for food—where is it?</p> <p class="poetry2">He knows that a time of darkness is near.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:23 Lit. is at hand">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Distress and pressure terrify him;</p> <p class="poetry2">they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“For he has raised his fist against God,</p> <p class="poetry2">defying the Almighty.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He defiantly ran against him</p> <p class="poetry2">carrying his thick, reinforced shield.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Though he covered his face with fat,</p> <p class="poetry2">and is grossly overweight at the waist,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He will live in devastated towns,</p> <p class="poetry2">in abandoned houses</p> <p class="poetry2">that are about to become heaps of rubble.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“He won’t become rich and his wealth won’t last;</p> <p class="poetry2">he won’t expand his holdings to cover the land.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He won’t escape darkness;</p> <p class="poetry2">a flame will wither his shoots;</p> <p class="poetry2">and he’ll depart by the breath of God’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:30 Lit. his">o</a></span> mouth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Let him not trust in a worthless speech.</p> <p class="poetry2">He leads only himself astray,</p> <p class="poetry2">for emptiness will be his reward.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>This will be accomplished before his time;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:32 Lit. day">p</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">his branches won’t grow luxuriant.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“He is like a vine that drops its unripe grapes;</p> <p class="poetry2">like an olive tree that loses its blossoms.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For the company of the godless is desolation,</p> <p class="poetry2">and fire consumes the tents of those who<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:34 The Heb. lacks those who">q</a></span> bribe.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity;</p> <p class="poetry2">their womb is pregnant<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:35 Lit. womb fashions; i.e., as a womb fashions a child">r</a></span> with deception.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 15:5 Lit. <i>mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 15:5 Lit. <i>tongue</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 15:7 Lit. <i>man</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 15:10 Lit. <i>are older by many days</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 15:11 The Heb. lacks <i>spoken</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 15:12 Lit. <i>heart</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 15:13 Lit. <i>spirit</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 15:15 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 15:15 Cf. Job 4:18<br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 15:19 Or <i>foreigner</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 15:21 The Heb. lacks <i>ring</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 15:21 Or <i>come upon him</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 15:22 Or <i>turn aside</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 15:23 Lit. <i>is at hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 15:30 Lit. <i>his</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 15:32 Lit. <i>day</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 15:34 The Heb. lacks <i>those who</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 15:35 Lit. <i>womb fashions</i>; i.e., as a womb fashions a child<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>