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Job 15

Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite  1responded,

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"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge  aAnd fill  1himself with the east wind?

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"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?

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"Indeed, you do away with  1reverence And hinder meditation before God.

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"For  ayour guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of  bthe crafty.

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"Your  aown mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.

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"Were you the first man to be born, Or  awere you brought forth before the hills?

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"Do you hear the  asecret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?

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aWhat do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that  1we do not?

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"Both the  agray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.

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"Are  athe consolations of God too small for you, Even the  bword spoken gently with you?

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"Why does your  aheart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,

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That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth?

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"What is man, that  ahe should be pure, Or  bhe who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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"Behold, He puts no trust in His  aholy ones, And the  bheavens are not pure in His sight;

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How much less one who is  adetestable and corrupt, Man, who  bdrinks iniquity like water!

What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life

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"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;

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What wise men have told, And have not concealed from  atheir fathers,

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To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them.

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"The wicked man writhes  ain pain all his days, And  1numbered are the years  bstored up for the ruthless.

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1Sounds of  aterror are in his ears;  bWhile at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

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"He does not believe that he will  areturn from darkness, And he is destined for  bthe sword.

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"He wanders about for food, saying, `Where is it?' He knows that a day of  adarkness is  1at hand.

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"Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

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Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself  aarrogantly against  1the Almighty.

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"He rushes  1headlong at Him With  2his massive shield.

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"For he has  acovered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.

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"He has  alived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become  1ruins.

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"He  awill not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground.

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"He will  anot  1escape from darkness; The  bflame will wither his shoots, And by  cthe breath of His mouth he will go away.

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"Let him not  atrust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his  1reward.

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"It will be accomplished  abefore his time, And his palm  bbranch will not be green.

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"He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will  acast off his flower like the olive tree.

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"For the company of  athe godless is barren, And fire consumes  bthe tents of  1the corrupt.

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"They  aconceive  1mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their  2mind prepares deception."



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