Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
Eliphaz the Temanite replied
:
And
Eliphaz the Temanite answereth
and
saith
: --
“Does
a wise man answer with empty
counsel
or
fill his
belly
with the
hot
east wind?
Doth
a wise man answer `
with '
vain
knowledge?
And
fill `
with '
an
east wind his
belly
?
Should
he
argue
with useless
words
or
speeches that
serve
no purpose
?
To
reason
with a
word
not
useful?
And
speeches --
no profit
in
them
?
But
you
even
undermine
the
fear
of
God
and hinder
meditation before Him
.
Yea,
thou
dost
make
reverence
void,
And dost
diminish
meditation before God
.
For your
iniquity
instructs
your
mouth, and you
choose
the language
of the crafty
.
For thy
mouth teacheth
thine
iniquity
, And thou
chooseth
the tongue
of the subtile
.
Your
own
mouth, not mine
, condemns
you;
your
own
lips testify against you
.
Thy
mouth declareth
thee
wicked
, and
not I
, And
thy
lips testify against thee
.
Were
you
the first man ever
born? Were
you
brought
forth
before the hills
?
The first man art
thou
born? And
before the heights
wast
thou
formed
?
Do
you
listen
in
on
the council
of God or
limit
wisdom to
yourself
?
Of
the secret
counsel
of God dost
thou
hear?
And
withdrawest
thou
unto
thee
wisdom?
What do
you
know
that
we do
not? What
do
you
understand
that
is not clear
to
us?
What hast
thou
known,
and
we know
not? Understandest
thou
--
and
it
is not with
us?
Both the gray- haired
and the aged are on
our
side—
men
much
older
than your
father.
Both the gray- headed
And the very
aged `
are '
among
us
--
Greater
than thy
father `in'
days
.
Are the consolations
of God not
enough
for
you,
even
words
spoken
gently
to
you
?
Too
few
for
thee
are the comforts
of God? And
a
gentle
word
`is'
with
thee,
Why
has
your
heart carried
you
away ,
and why
do
your
eyes flash,
What
--
doth
thine
heart take
thee
away ?
And what
--
are
thine
eyes high?
as
you
turn
your
spirit
against God and pour
such
words from your
mouth ?
For
thou
turnest
against God thy
spirit?
And hast
brought
out
words from thy
mouth :
What is man ,
that he should
be
pure, or
one born of woman ,
that
he
should
be
righteous
?
What `
is '
man that he is
pure, And
that
he
is
righteous,
one born of woman?
If
God
puts
no
trust
in His holy ones, if
even
the heavens are
not pure in His eyes ,
Lo,
in His holy ones He
putteth
no
credence
, And
the heavens have
not been
pure in His eyes .
how
much
less
man,
who
is
vile
and corrupt,
who
drinks
injustice
like
water ?
Also
--
surely
abominable
and filthy
Is
man
drinking
as
water perverseness.
Listen
to me and I
will
inform
you.
I
will
describe
what
I have seen ,
I
shew
thee
--
hearken
to me --
And this
I have seen and
declare:
what
was
declared
by
wise men
and was
not concealed
from their fathers ,
Which
the
wise declare
--
And have
not hid
--
from their fathers .
to whom
alone the land was
given when
no
foreigner
passed among
them.
To them
alone was
the land given ,
And
a
stranger
passed not
over
into
their
midst:
A
wicked
man
writhes
in
pain
all his
days ;
only
a
few years are
reserved
for the ruthless
.
`
All days of
the
wicked
he
is
paining
himself,
And
few years have
been
laid
up
for the terrible
one
.
Sounds
of
terror
fill
his ears ;
in his
prosperity
the
destroyer attacks
him.
A
fearful
voice
`is'
in
his ears ,
In peace
doth
a
destroyer come
to
him.
He despairs
of
his
return from darkness ;
he
is marked
for the sword.
He believeth
not
to
return from darkness ,
And
watched
`
is '
he
for the sword.
He wanders
about
as
food
for vultures;
he knows
the
day of darkness is
at
hand
.
He is
wandering
for bread
--
`Where
`is'
it?'
He hath
known
that
ready
at
his
hand
Is
a
day of darkness.
Distress
and
anguish
terrify him, overwhelming
him like
a king poised
to
attack
.
Terrify him do
adversity
and
distress
, They
prevail
over
him As
a king ready
for
a
boaster
.
For he has
stretched out his
hand
against God and has
vaunted
himself
against the Almighty,
For he stretched out against God his
hand,
And against the Mighty
he
maketh
himself
mighty.
rushing
headlong
at
Him with a thick
, studded
shield
.
He
runneth
unto
Him with a neck
, With
thick
bosses
of
his
shields
.
Though
his face is
covered
with fat and his waistline
bulges
with
flesh,
For
he
hath
covered
his face with his
fat ,
And maketh
vigour
over
`
his '
confidence.
he will
dwell
in
ruined
cities, in
abandoned
houses destined
to become rubble
.
And
he inhabiteth
cities cut
off
, houses not
dwelt
in,
That
have
been
ready
to become heaps
.
He will
no
longer
be
rich ;
his wealth will
not
endure.
His
possessions
will
not
overspread
the
land
.
He is
not
rich ,
nor
doth
his wealth rise,
Nor
doth
he
stretch
out
on
earth
their
continuance
.
He will
not escape
from the
darkness ;
the
flame
will
wither
his shoots
, and the breath of God’s
mouth will
carry
him
away.
He turneth
not aside
from darkness ,
His tender
branch
doth
a
flame
dry
up
, And he
turneth
aside
at
the breath of His
mouth !
Let him not deceive
himself
with
trust
in emptiness
, for emptiness
will
be
his reward
.
Let him not put
credence
in vanity
, He
hath
been
deceived,
For vanity
is
his recompence
.
It
will
be
paid
in full
before
his time
, and his branch will
not flourish
.
Not
in his day
is
it
completed
, And his bending
branch is
not green
.
He will
be
like
a vine stripped
of
its
unripe grapes
, like
an olive tree
that
sheds
its
blossoms
.
He shaketh
off
as
a vine his
unripe fruit
, And
casteth
off
as
an olive his
blossom
.
For the company of the godless
will
be
barren
, and fire will
consume
the
tents of bribery.
For the company of the profane
`is'
gloomy
, And fire hath
consumed
tents of bribery.
They
conceive trouble
and give
birth
to evil;
their womb
is
pregnant
with
deceit. ”
To
conceive misery,
and to bear
iniquity,
Even
their heart
doth
prepare
deceit.
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