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KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Then answered
Eliphaz the Temanite ,
and
said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Should
a wise man utter
vain
knowledge,
and
fill his belly with the east wind?
“Does
a wise man answer
with
empty
counsel
or
fill his belly with the hot
east wind?
Should he reason
with unprofitable
talk?
or with
speeches wherewith
he
can
do
no good
?
Should he argue
with useless
words
or speeches that
serve
no purpose
?
Yea,
thou
castest
off
fear ,
and restrainest
prayer
before God
.
But
you
even
undermine
the
fear of
God
and hinder
meditation
before Him
.
For thy
mouth
uttereth
thine
iniquity, and thou
choosest
the tongue
of the crafty.
For your
iniquity instructs
your
mouth
, and you
choose
the language
of the crafty.
Thine
own mouth condemneth
thee
, and
not I:
yea
, thine
own lips testify against thee
.
Your
own mouth, not mine
, condemns
you;
your
own lips testify against you
.
Art
thou
the first man that
was
born? or
wast
thou
made
before the hills?
Were
you
the first man ever
born? Were
you
brought
forth
before the hills?
Hast
thou
heard
the secret
of God ?
and
dost
thou
restrain
wisdom to thyself
?
Do
you
listen
in
on
the council
of God or
limit
wisdom to yourself
?
What knowest
thou,
that we know
not? what understandest
thou,
which
is not in
us?
What do
you
know
that we do
not? What do
you
understand
that
is not clear
to
us?
With
us
are
both the grayheaded
and very
aged men ,
much elder
than thy
father.
Both the gray-haired
and the
aged are
on
our
side—
men much older
than your
father.
Are the consolations of God small
with
thee?
is
there
any
secret
thing
with
thee
?
Are the consolations of God not
enough
for
you,
even
words
spoken
gently
to
you
?
Why doth
thine
heart carry
thee
away ?
and what
do thy
eyes wink
at
,
Why has
your
heart carried
you
away ,
and why
do your
eyes flash
,
That
thou
turnest
thy
spirit against God ,
and lettest
such words go
out
of
thy
mouth?
as
you
turn
your
spirit against God and pour
such words from
your
mouth?
What is man, that he should be clean?
and
he
which
is
born of a
woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be pure,
or
one
born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Behold,
he
putteth
no trust in his saints;
yea
, the heavens are not clean
in his sight.
If
God
puts
no trust in His holy
ones
, if
even
the heavens are not pure
in His eyes,
How much more
abominable
and
filthy
is
man, which
drinketh
iniquity
like water?
how much less
man, who
is
vile
and
corrupt,
who
drinks
injustice
like water?
I
will
shew
thee,
hear
me ;
and that
which
I have
seen
I will declare;
Listen
to
me and I will
inform
you.
I will describe
what
I
have
seen,
Which
wise men have
told
from their fathers, and
have
not
hid
it:
what
was
declared
by
wise men and
was
not
concealed
from their fathers,
Unto
whom alone the earth
was given ,
and
no stranger
passed among them.
to
whom alone the land
was given when
no foreigner
passed among them.
The
wicked man travaileth
with
pain all his days ,
and
the
number
of
years is
hidden
to
the oppressor
.
A
wicked man writhes
in
pain all his days ;
only
a
few
years are
reserved
for
the ruthless
.
A
dreadful
sound
is
in
his ears :
in prosperity the destroyer shall
come
upon
him.
Sounds
of
terror
fill
his ears ;
in his
prosperity the destroyer attacks
him.
He believeth
not
that
he
shall
return
out
of darkness ,
and
he is waited
for of
the sword.
He despairs
of his
return
from
darkness ;
he is marked
for the sword.
He wandereth
abroad
for bread,
saying,
Where
is
it?
he knoweth
that
the day of darkness is ready
at his
hand.
He wanders
about
as
food
for vultures;
he knows
the day of darkness is at hand.
Trouble
and anguish shall
make
him
afraid;
they
shall
prevail
against
him, as
a king ready
to the
battle
.
Distress
and anguish terrify
him, overwhelming
him
like
a king poised
to attack
.
For he stretcheth
out his hand against God ,
and strengtheneth
himself against the Almighty .
For he has
stretched
out his hand against God and has
vaunted
himself against the Almighty ,
He
runneth
upon
him ,
even
on
his
neck,
upon
the
thick bosses
of
his
bucklers:
rushing
headlong
at
Him with
a
thick ,
studded
shield.
Because
he
covereth
his face with his
fatness,
and
maketh
collops
of
fat on
his flanks.
Though
his face is
covered
with fat and
his waistline
bulges
with
flesh,
And
he dwelleth
in desolate
cities, and
in houses which
no
man
inhabiteth,
which
are
ready
to become heaps
.
he will
dwell
in ruined
cities, in abandoned
houses destined
to become rubble
.
He shall
not
be rich ,
neither
shall
his substance
continue,
neither
shall
he
prolong
the
perfection
thereof
upon
the earth
.
He will
no
longer
be rich ;
his wealth
will
not
endure.
His
possessions
will
not
overspread
the land
.
He shall
not depart
out
of
darkness; the flame shall
dry
up
his branches
, and by
the breath of his
mouth shall
he
go
away.
He will
not escape
from
the
darkness; the flame will
wither
his shoots
, and the breath of God’s
mouth will
carry
him
away.
Let not
him that
is
deceived
trust in vanity:
for vanity
shall
be his recompence
.
Let him not
deceive
himself
with
trust in emptiness,
for emptiness
will
be his reward
.
It shall
be accomplished
before his time, and his branch shall
not be
green
.
It will
be paid
in
full
before his time, and his branch will
not flourish
.
He shall
shake
off
his
unripe
grape
as
the
vine, and
shall
cast
off
his
flower
as
the
olive.
He will
be
like
a
vine stripped
of
its
unripe
grapes
, like
an
olive tree
that
sheds
its
blossoms
.
For the congregation
of hypocrites
shall
be desolate
, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles
of bribery.
For the company
of the
godless
will
be barren
, and fire will
consume the tents
of bribery.
They conceive mischief,
and
bring
forth
vanity,
and their belly
prepareth
deceit.
They conceive trouble
and give
birth
to
evil;
their womb
is
pregnant
with
deceit. ”
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