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Job 15 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

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“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge,

And fill [fn]himself with the east wind?

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“Should he argue with useless talk,

Or with words which do not benefit?

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“Indeed, you do away with [fn]reverence,

And hinder meditation before God.

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“For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth,

And you choose the language of the cunning.

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“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;

And your own lips testify against you.

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“Were you the first person to be born,

Or were you brought forth before the hills?

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“Do you hear the secret discussion of God,

And limit wisdom to yourself?

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“What do you know that we do not know?

What do you understand that [fn]we do not?

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“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,

Older than your father.

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“Are the consolations of God too little for you,

Or the word spoken gently to you?

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“Why does your heart take you away?

And why do your eyes wink,

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That you can turn your spirit against God

And produce such words from your mouth?

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“What is man, that he would be pure,

Or he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous?

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“Behold, He has no trust in His holy ones,

And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

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How much less one who is detestable and corrupt:

A person who drinks [fn]malice like water!

What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life

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“I will tell you, listen to me;

And what I have seen I will also declare;

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What wise people have told,

And have not concealed from their fathers,

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To whom alone the land was given,

And no stranger passed among them.

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“The wicked person writhes in pain all his days,

And the [fn]years reserved for the ruthless are numbered.

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[fn]Sounds of terror are in his ears;

While he is at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

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“He does not believe that he will return from darkness,

And he is destined for the sword.

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“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?

He knows that a day of darkness is [fn]at hand.

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“Distress and anguish terrify him,

They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

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Because he has reached out with his hand against God,

And is arrogant toward [fn]the Almighty.

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“He rushes [fn]headlong at Him

With his [fn]massive shield.

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“For he has covered his face with his fat,

And [fn]put fat on his waist.

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“He has lived in desolate cities,

In houses no one would inhabit,

Which are destined to become [fn]ruins.

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“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;

And his property will not stretch out on the earth.

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“He will not [fn]escape from darkness;

The flame will dry up his shoot,

And he will go away by the breath of His mouth.

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“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;

For his [fn]reward will be emptiness.

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“It will be accomplished before his time,

And his palm branch will not be green.

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“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,

And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

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“For the company of the godless is barren,

And fire consumes the tents of [fn]the corrupt.

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“They conceive [fn]harm and give birth to wrongdoing,

And their [fn]mind prepares deception.”

NASB20 Footnotes
Lit his belly
Lit fear
Lit is not within us?
Or injustice
Lit number of years are reserved for
Lit A sound of terrors is
Lit ready at his hand
Heb Shaddai
Lit with a stiff neck
Lit thick-bossed shields
Lit made
Or heaps
Lit turn aside
Lit exchange
Lit a bribe
Or pain
Lit belly
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