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