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<p class="indent2"> your own lips testify against you. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Were you the first man ever born? <p class="indent2"> Were you brought forth before the hills? <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do you listen in on the council of God <p class="indent2"> or limit wisdom to yourself? <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What do you know that we do not? <p class="indent2"> What do you understand that is not clear to us? <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—<p class="indent2"> men much older than your father. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Are the consolations of God not enough for you, <p class="indent2"> even words spoken gently to you? <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Why has your heart carried you away, <p class="indent2"> and why do your eyes flash,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>so that you turn your spirit against God <p class="indent2"> and pour such words from your mouth? <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What is man, that he should be pure, <p class="indent2"> or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If God puts no trust in His holy ones, <p class="indent2"> if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, <p class="indent2"> who drinks injustice like water? <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Listen to me and I will inform you. <p class="indent2"> I will describe what I have seen, <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>what was declared by wise men <p class="indent2"> and was not concealed from their fathers, <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>to whom alone the land was given <p class="indent2"> when no foreigner passed among them. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; <p class="indent2"> only a few years are reserved for the ruthless. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Sounds of terror fill his ears; <p class="indent2"> in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He despairs of his return from darkness; <p class="indent2"> he is marked for the sword. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He wanders about as food for vultures; <p class="indent2"> he knows the day of darkness is at hand. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Distress and anguish terrify him, <p class="indent2"> overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For he has stretched out his hand against God <p class="indent2"> and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>rushing headlong at Him <p class="indent2"> with a thick, studded shield. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Though his face is covered with fat <p class="indent2"> and his waistline bulges with flesh, <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>he will dwell in ruined cities, <p class="indent2"> in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><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 class="indent2"> His possessions will not overspread the land. <A name="31"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He will not escape from the darkness; <p class="indent2"> the flame will wither his shoots, <p class="indent1"> and the breath of God’s mouth <p class="indent2"> will carry him away. <A name="32"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, <p class="indent2"> for emptiness will be his reward. <A name="33"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>It will be paid in full before his time, <p class="indent2"> and his branch will not flourish. <A name="34"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, <p class="indent2"> like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms. <A name="35"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For the company of the godless will be barren, <p class="indent2"> and fire will consume the tents of bribery. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; 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