1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, DBY — Job 15:1
2 Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind, DBY — Job 15:2
3 Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good? DBY — Job 15:3
4 Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God. DBY — Job 15:4
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty. DBY — Job 15:5
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee. DBY — Job 15:6
7 Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills? DBY — Job 15:7
8 Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself? DBY — Job 15:8
9 What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us? DBY — Job 15:9
10 Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father. DBY — Job 15:10
11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee? DBY — Job 15:11
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink? DBY — Job 15:12
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth? DBY — Job 15:13
14 What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? DBY — Job 15:14
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight: DBY — Job 15:15
16 How much less the abominable and corrupt, man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water! DBY — Job 15:16
17 I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare; DBY — Job 15:17
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden; DBY — Job 15:18
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. DBY — Job 15:19
20 All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent. DBY — Job 15:20
21 The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him. DBY — Job 15:21
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword. DBY — Job 15:22
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. DBY — Job 15:23
24 Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle. DBY — Job 15:24
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty: DBY — Job 15:25
26 He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers; DBY — Job 15:26
27 For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks. DBY — Job 15:27
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps. DBY — Job 15:28
29 He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth. DBY — Job 15:29
30 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. DBY — Job 15:30
31 Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense; DBY — Job 15:31
32 It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green. DBY — Job 15:32
33 He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive. DBY — Job 15:33
34 For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. DBY — Job 15:34
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit. DBY — Job 15:35