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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div 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">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch22015" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">III. <span class="ac">Second Cycle of Speeches</span></h1> <h1 id="cn22015" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Second Speech of Eliphaz.</span> <span id="v22015001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn22015001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn22015001-1">*</a> Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v22015002" class="ver">2</span>Does a wise man answer with windy opinions,</p> <p class="sl1">or puff himself up with the east wind?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015003" class="ver">3</span>Does he argue in speech that does not avail,</p> <p class="sl1">and in words that are to no profit?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015004" class="ver">4</span>You in fact do away with piety,</p> <p class="sl1">you lessen devotion toward God,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015005" class="ver">5</span>Because your wickedness instructs your mouth,</p> <p class="sl1">and you choose to speak like the crafty.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015006" class="ver">6</span>Your own mouth condemns you, not I;<a id="ren22015006-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22015006-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">your own lips refute you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015007" class="ver">7</span>Were you the first to be born?</p> <p class="sl1">Were you brought forth before the hills?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015008" class="ver">8</span>Do you listen in on God’s council<a id="ren22015008-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22015008-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">and restrict wisdom to yourself?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015009" class="ver">9</span>What do you know that we do not know,<a id="ren22015009-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22015009-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">or understand that we do not?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015010" class="ver">10</span>There are gray-haired old men among us,</p> <p class="sl1">more advanced in years than your father.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015011" class="ver">11</span>Are the consolations of God not enough for you,</p> <p class="sl1">and speech that deals gently with you?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015012" class="ver">12</span>Why does your heart carry you away,</p> <p class="sl1">and why do your eyes flash,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015013" class="ver">13</span>So that you turn your anger against God</p> <p class="sl1">and let such words escape your mouth!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015014" class="ver">14</span>How can any mortal be blameless,<a id="ren22015014-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22015014-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">anyone born of woman be righteous?<a id="ren22015014-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22015014-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015015" class="ver">15</span>If in his holy ones God places no confidence,<a id="ren22015015-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22015015-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl1">and if the heavens are not without blame in his sight,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015016" class="ver">16</span>How much less so is the abominable and corrupt:</p> <p class="sl1">people who drink in iniquity like water!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015017" class="ver">17</span>I will show you, if you listen to me;</p> <p class="sl1">what I have seen I will tell—</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015018" class="ver">18</span>What the wise relate</p> <p class="sl1">and have not contradicted since the days of their ancestors,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015019" class="ver">19</span>To whom alone the land was given,</p> <p class="sl1">when no foreigner moved among them:</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015020" class="ver">20</span>The wicked is in torment all his days,</p> <p class="sl1">and limited years are in store for the ruthless;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015021" class="ver">21</span>The sound of terrors is in his ears;</p> <p class="sl1">when all is prosperous, a spoiler comes upon him.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015022" class="ver">22</span>He despairs of escaping the darkness,</p> <p class="sl1">and looks ever for the sword;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015023" class="ver">23</span>A wanderer, food for vultures,</p> <p class="sl1">he knows destruction is imminent.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015024" class="ver">24</span>A day of darkness fills him with dread;</p> <p class="sl1">distress and anguish overpower him,</p> <p class="sl1">like a king expecting an attack.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015025" class="ver">25</span>Because he has stretched out his hand against God</p> <p class="sl1">and arrogantly challenged the Almighty,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015026" class="ver">26</span>Rushing defiantly against him,</p> <p class="sl1">with the stout bosses of his shields.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015027" class="ver">27</span>Although he has covered his face with his crassness,</p> <p class="sl1">padded his loins with blubber,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015028" class="ver">28</span>He shall dwell in ruined cities,</p> <p class="sl1">in houses that are deserted,</p> <p class="sl1">crumbling into rubble.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015029" class="ver">29</span>He shall not be rich, his possessions shall not endure;</p> <p class="sl1">his property shall not spread over the land.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015030" class="ver">30</span>A flame shall sear his early growth,</p> <p class="sl1">and with the wind his blossoms shall disappear.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015031" class="ver">31</span>Let him not trust in his height, misled,</p> <p class="sl1">even though his height be like the palm tree.<a id="rfn22015031-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn22015031-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015032" class="ver">32</span>He shall wither before his time,</p> <p class="sl1">his branches no longer green.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015033" class="ver">33</span>He shall be like a vine that sheds its grapes unripened,</p> <p class="sl1">like an olive tree casting off its blossom.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015034" class="ver">34</span>For the breed of the impious shall be sterile,<a id="ren22015034-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22015034-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl1">and fire shall consume the tents of extortioners.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22015035" class="ver">35</span>They conceive malice, bring forth deceit,<a id="ren22015035-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22015035-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1">give birth to fraud.<a id="rfn22015035-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn22015035-1">*</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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