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| [1]Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: |
[1]Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, |
| [2]Should a wise man make answer with win knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? |
[2]Shall a wise man speak words of the wind, and fill his belly with the east wind? |
| [3]Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or wit speeches wherewith he can do no good? |
[3]Shall he dispute with words not comely? Or with talk that is not profitable? |
| [4]Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God. |
[4]Surely thou hast cast off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. |
| [5]For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. |
[5]For thy mouth declareth thine iniquity, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty. |
| [6]Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee. |
[6]Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lips testify against thee. |
| [7]Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills? |
[7]Art thou the first man, that was born? And wast thou made before the hills? |
| [8]Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? |
[8]Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God, and dost thou restrain wisdom to thee? |
| [9]What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us? |
[9]What knowest thou that we know not? And understandest that is not in us? |
| [10]With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father. |
[10]With us are both ancient and very aged men, far older than thy father. |
| [11]Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee? |
[11]Seem the consolations of God small unto thee? Is this thing strange unto thee? |
| [12]Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink? |
[12]Why doth thine heart take thee away, and what do thine eyes mean, |
| [13]That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth. |
[13]That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such words out of thy mouth? |
| [14]What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? |
[14]What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of woman, that he should be just? |
| [15]Behold, H putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight. |
[15]Behold, he found no steadfastness in his saints: yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. |
| [16]How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water! |
[16]How much more is man abominable, and filthy, which drinketh iniquity like water? |
| [17]I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare— |
[17]I will tell thee: hear me, and I will declare that which I have seen: |
| [18]Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it; |
[18]Which wise men have told, as they have heard of their fathers, and have not kept it secret: |
| [19]Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them. |
[19]To whom alone the land was given and no stranger passed through them. |
| [20]The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. |
[20]The wicked man is continually as one that travaileth of child, and the number of years is hid from the tyrant. |
| [21]A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. |
[21]A sound of fear is in his ears , and in his prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. |
| [22]He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. |
[22]He believeth not to return out of darkness: for he seeth the sword before him. |
| [23]He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
[23]He wandereth to and fro for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkness is prepared at hand. |
| [24]Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. |
[24]Affliction and anguish shall make him afraid: they shall prevail against him as a king ready to the battle. |
| [25]Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; |
[25]For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and made himself strong against the Almighty. |
| [26]He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers. |
[26]Therefore God shall run upon him, even upon his neck, and against the most thick part of his shield. |
| [27]Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins; |
[27]Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and hath collops in his flank. |
| [28]And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps. |
[28]Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heaps, |
| [29]He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth. |
[29]He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth. |
| [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. |
[30]He shall never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall go away with the breath of his mouth. |
| [31]Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense. |
[31]He believeth not that he erreth in vanity: therefore vanity shall be his change. |
| [32]It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy. |
[32]His branch shall not be green, but shall be cut off before his day. |
| [33]He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. |
[33]God shall destroy him as the vine her sour grape, and shall cast him off, as the olive doth her flower. |
| [34]For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. |
[34]For the congregation of the hypocrite shall be desolate, and fire shall devour the houses of bribes. |
| [35]They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit. |
[35]For they conceive mischief and bring forth vanity, and their belly hath prepared deceit. |