15:1 Then answered 6030 8799 Eliphaz 464 the Temanite 8489, and said 559 8799,

15:2 Should a wise man 2450 utter 6030 8799 vain 7307 knowledge 1847, and fill 4390 8762 his belly 990 with the east wind 6921?(vain…: Heb. knowledge of wind)

15:3 Should he reason 3198 8687 with unprofitable 5532 8799 talk 1697? or with speeches 4405 wherewith he can do no good 3276 8686?

15:4 Yea, thou castest off 6565 8686 fear 3374, and restrainest 1639 8799 prayer 7881 before 6440 God 410.(castest…: Heb. makest void)(prayer: or, speech)

15:5 For thy mouth 6310 uttereth 502 8762 thine iniquity 5771, and thou choosest 977 8799 the tongue 3956 of the crafty 6175.(uttereth: Heb. teacheth)

15:6 Thine own mouth 6310 condemneth 7561 8686 thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips 8193 testify 6030 8799 against thee.

15:7 [Art] thou the first 7223 8675 7223 man 120 [that] was born 3205 8735? or wast thou made 2342 8797 before 6440 the hills 1389?

15:8 Hast thou heard 8085 8799 the secret 5475 of God 433? and dost thou restrain 1639 8799 wisdom 2451 to thyself?

15:9 What knowest 3045 8804 thou, that we know 3045 8799 not? [what] understandest 995 8799 thou, which [is] not in us?

15:10 With us [are] both the grayheaded 7867 8802 and very aged 3453 men, much 3524 elder 3117 than thy father 1.

15:11 [Are] the consolations 8575 of God 410 small 4592 with thee? is there any secret 328 thing 1697 with thee?

15:12 Why doth thine heart 3820 carry thee away 3947 8799? and what do thy eyes 5869 wink at 7335 8799,

15:13 That thou turnest 7725 8686 thy spirit 7307 against God 410, and lettest [such] words 4405 go out 3318 8689 of thy mouth 6310?

15:14 What [is] man 582, that he should be clean 2135 8799? and [he which is] born 3205 8803 of a woman 802, that he should be righteous 6663 8799?

15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust 539 8686 in his saints 6918; yea, the heavens 8064 are not clean 2141 8804 in his sight 5869.

15:16 How much more abominable 8581 8737 and filthy 444 8737 [is] man 376, which drinketh 8354 8802 iniquity 5766 8675 5766 like water 4325?

15:17 I will shew 2331 8762 thee, hear 8085 8798 me; and that [which] I have seen 2372 8804 I will declare 5608 8762;

15:18 Which wise 2450 men have told 5046 8686 from their fathers 1, and have not hid 3582 8765 [it]:

15:19 Unto whom alone the earth 776 was given 5414 8738, and no stranger 2114 8801 passed 5674 8804 among 8432 them.

15:20 The wicked 7563 man travaileth 2342 8711 with pain all [his] days 3117, and the number 4557 of years 8141 is hidden 6845 8738 to the oppressor 6184.

15:21 A dreadful 6343 sound 6963 [is] in his ears 241: in prosperity 7965 the destroyer 7703 8802 shall come 935 8799 upon him.(A dreadful…: Heb. A sound of fears)

15:22 He believeth 539 8686 not that he shall return 7725 8800 out of darkness 2822, and he is waited 6822 8803 for of the sword 2719.

15:23 He wandereth abroad 5074 8802 for bread 3899, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth 3045 8804 that the day 3117 of darkness 2822 is ready 3559 8737 at his hand 3027.

15:24 Trouble 6862 and anguish 4691 shall make him afraid 1204 8762; they shall prevail 8630 8799 against him, as a king 4428 ready 6264 to the battle 3593.

15:25 For he stretcheth out 5186 8804 his hand 3027 against God 410, and strengtheneth 1396 8691 himself against the Almighty 7706.

15:26 He runneth 7323 8799 upon him, [even] on [his] neck 6677, upon the thick 5672 bosses 1354 of his bucklers 4043:

15:27 Because he covereth 3680 8765 his face 6440 with his fatness 2459, and maketh 6213 8799 collops of fat 6371 on [his] flanks 3689.

15:28 And he dwelleth 7931 8799 in desolate 3582 8737 cities 5892, [and] in houses 1004 which no man inhabiteth 3427 8799, which are ready 6257 8694 to become heaps 1530.

15:29 He shall not be rich 6238 8799, neither shall his substance 2428 continue 6965 8799, neither shall he prolong 5186 8799 the perfection 4512 thereof upon the earth 776.

15:30 He shall not depart 5493 8799 out of darkness 2822; the flame 7957 shall dry up 3001 8762 his branches 3127, and by the breath 7307 of his mouth 6310 shall he go away 5493 8799.

15:31 Let not him that is deceived 8582 8738 trust 539 8686 in vanity 7723: for vanity 7723 shall be his recompence 8545.

15:32 It shall be accomplished 4390 8735 before 3808 his time 3117, and his branch 3712 shall not be green 7488.(accomplished: or, cut off)

15:33 He shall shake off 2554 8799 his unripe grape 1154 as the vine 1612, and shall cast off 7993 8686 his flower 5328 as the olive 2132.

15:34 For the congregation 5712 of hypocrites 2611 [shall be] desolate 1565, and fire 784 shall consume 398 8804 the tabernacles 168 of bribery 7810.

15:35 They conceive 2029 8800 mischief 5999, and bring forth 3205 8800 vanity 205, and their belly 990 prepareth 3559 8686 deceit 4820.(vanity: or, iniquity)

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