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| 15:1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
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| 15:2 |
"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?
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| 15:3 |
"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
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| 15:4 |
"Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God.
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| 15:5 |
"For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.
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| 15:6 |
"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
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| 15:7 |
"Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?
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| 15:8 |
"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
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| 15:9 |
"What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?
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| 15:10 |
"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
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| 15:11 |
"Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word spoken gently with you?
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| 15:12 |
"Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,
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| 15:13 |
That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
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| 15:14 |
"What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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| 15:15 |
"Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
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| 15:16 |
How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
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| 15:17 |
"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;
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| 15:18 |
What wise men have told, And have not concealed from their fathers,
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| 15:19 |
To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them.
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| 15:20 |
"The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
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| 15:21 |
"Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
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| 15:22 |
"He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword.
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| 15:23 |
"He wanders about for food, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
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| 15:24 |
"Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
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| 15:25 |
Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
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| 15:26 |
"He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield.
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| 15:27 |
"For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
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| 15:28 |
"He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.
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| 15:29 |
"He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
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| 15:30 |
"He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
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| 15:31 |
"Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
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| 15:32 |
"It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green.
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| 15:33 |
"He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
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| 15:34 |
"For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
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| 15:35 |
"They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception."
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