NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Job 15 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:1 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 - “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill himself with the east wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 - Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain prayer before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5 - For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:6 - Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:7 - Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you made before the hills?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:8 - Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:9 - What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:10 - Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:11 - Are the consolations of God too small for you,
And the word spoken gently[fn] with you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:12 - Why does your heart carry you away,
And what do your eyes wink at,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:13 - That you turn your spirit against God,
And let such words go out of your mouth?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:14 - “What is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
Who drinks iniquity like water!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:17 - “I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:18 - What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:19 - To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20 - The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:21 - Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23 - He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24 - Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:25 - For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 - Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:27 - “Though he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:28 - He dwells in desolate cities,
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:29 - He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:32 - It will be accomplished before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33 - He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34 - For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
Their womb prepares deceit.”
NKJV Footnotes
Septuagint reads a secret thing.
NKJV

New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan