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href="#xrf.Job.15.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">or fill himself<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.15.2.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> with the hot east wind?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Should he argue<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> with useless talk</p><p class="poem">or with words that serve no good purpose?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But you even undermine the fear of God</p><p class="poem">and hinder meditation before him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your iniquity<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> teaches you what to say,</p><p class="poem">and you choose the language of the crafty.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Your own mouth condemns you, not I;</p><p class="poem">your own lips testify against you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Were you the first human ever born,</p><p class="poem">or were you brought forth before the hills?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do you listen in on the council of God,</p><p class="poem">or have a monopoly on wisdom?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What do you know that we don’t?</p><p class="poem">What do you understand that is not clear to us?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us—</p><p class="poem">older than your father.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Are God’s consolations not enough for you,</p><p class="poem">even the words that deal gently with you?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Why has your heart misled you,</p><p class="poem">and why do your eyes flash</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>as you turn your anger<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.15.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> against God</p><p class="poem">and allow such words to leave your mouth?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What is a mere human, that he should be pure,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If God puts no trust in his holy ones<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the heavens are not pure in his sight,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">who drinks injustice<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> like water?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Listen to me and I will inform you.</p><p class="poem">I will describe what I have seen,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>what the wise have declared and not concealed, </p><p class="poem">that came from their ancestors,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>to whom alone the land was given</p><p class="poem">when no foreigner passed among them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>A wicked person writhes in pain all his days,</p><p class="poem">throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Dreadful sounds fill his ears;</p><p class="poem">when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness;</p><p class="poem">he is destined for the sword.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He wanders about for food, asking, “Where is it? ”</p><p class="poem">He knows the day of darkness is at hand.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Trouble<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and distress terrify him,</p><p class="poem">overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For he has stretched out his hand<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> against God</p><p class="poem">and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He rushes headlong at him</p><p class="poem">with his thick, studded shields.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Though his face is covered with fat<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.15.27.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and his waistline bulges with it,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>he will dwell in ruined cities,</p><p class="poem">in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.</p><p class="poem">His possessions<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.15.29.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> will not increase in the land.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He will not escape from the darkness;</p><p class="poem">flames will wither his shoots,</p><p class="poem">and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,</p><p class="poem">for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>It will be accomplished before his time,</p><p class="poem">and his branch will not flourish.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For the company of the godless<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will have no children,</p><p class="poem">and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.15.35" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>They conceive trouble<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and give birth to evil;</p><p class="poem">their womb<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.35.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> prepares deception.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.15.35.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.15" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.15.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.2">15:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">windy</span> ; Jb 16:3</aside><aside id="fn.Job.15.2.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.2">15:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">his belly</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.15.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.13">15:13</a></span> Or <span class="italic">spirit</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.15.27.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.27">15:27</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">with his fat</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.15.29.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.29">15:29</a></span> Text emended; MT reads <span class="italic">Their gain</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.15" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.15.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.2">15:2</a></span> Jb 2:10; 6:26; 27:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.3">15:3</a></span> Jb 13:3,15; 23:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.5">15:5</a></span> Jb 13:23,26; 14:17; 22:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.6">15:6</a></span> 2Sm 1:16; Jb 9:20; Lk 19:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.7">15:7</a></span> Jb 38:21; Ps 90:2; Pr 8:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.8">15:8</a></span> Jr 23:18; Rm 11:34; 1Co 2:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.14">15:14</a></span> Jb 4:17; 25:4; Pr 20:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.15">15:15</a></span> Jb 5:1; Ps 89:5–7; Dn 4:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.15">15:15</a></span> Jb 4:18; 21:22; 25:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.16">15:16</a></span> Ps 14:3; 53:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.16">15:16</a></span> Jb 34:7; Ps 14:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.18">15:18</a></span> Dt 4:32; 32:7; Jb 8:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.22">15:22</a></span> Dt 32:41–42; Jb 19:29; Is 66:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.24">15:24</a></span> 1Sm 22:2; Jb 36:19; Ps 107:6,13,19,28</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.25">15:25</a></span> Is 5:25; 9:16,20; Jr 21:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.28">15:28</a></span> Jb 3:14; Ps 109:10; Is 5:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.30">15:30</a></span> Jb 4:9; 22:20; 2Th 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.33">15:33</a></span> Is 18:5; Jr 31:29–30; Ezk 18:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.34">15:34</a></span> Jb 8:13; 13:16; 27:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.35">15:35</a></span> Jb 4:8; 5:7; Is 59:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.35.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.35">15:35</a></span> Jb 32:19; 37:1; Pr 20:27,30</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.15.35.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.15.35">15:35</a></span> Ps 7:14; Is 59:4; Hs 10:13</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.15" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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