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Job 15

Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much

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Then Eliphazh464 the Temaniteh8489  1respondedh6030ah559,

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"Should a wiseh2450 manh2450 answerh6030a with windyh7307 knowledgeh1847  aAnd fillh4390  1himselfh990 with the easth6921 windh6921?

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"Should he argueh3198 with uselessh3808h5532a talkh1697, Or with wordsh4405 which are not profitableh3276?

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"Indeedh637, you doh6565a awayh6565a with  1reverenceh3374 And hinderh1639 meditationh7881 beforeh6440 Godh410.

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"For  ayour guilth5771 teachesh502 your mouthh6310, And you chooseh977 the languageh3956 of  bthe craftyh6175.

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"Your  aown mouthh6310 condemnsh7561 you, and not I; And your own lipsh8193 testifyh6030a against you.

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"Were you the firsth7223 manh120 to be bornh3205, Or  awere you broughth2342a forthh2342a beforeh6440 the hillsh1389?

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"Do you hearh8085 the  asecreth5475 counselh5475 of Godh433, And limith1639 wisdomh2451 to yourself?

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aWhath4100 do you knowh3045 that we do not knowh3045? What do you understandh995 that  1we do not?

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"Bothh1571 the  agray-hairedh7867 and the agedh3453 are among us, Olderh3524h3117 thanh4480 your fatherh1.

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"Are  athe consolationsh8575 of Godh410 tooh4480 smallh4592 for you, Even the  bwordh1697 spoken gentlyh328 with you?

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"Whyh4100 does your  ahearth3820 carryh3947 you away? And whyh4100 do your eyesh5869 flashh7335,

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That you should turnh7725 your spirith7307 againsth413 Godh410 And allow such wordsh4405 to goh3318 out of your mouthh6310?

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"Whath4100 is manh582, that  ahe should be pureh2135, Or  bhe who is bornh3205 of a womanh802, that he should be righteoush6663?

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"Beholdh2005, He putsh539 noh3808 trusth539 in His  aholyh6918 onesh6918, And the  bheavensh8064 are not pureh2141 in His sighth5869;

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Howh637 muchh637h3588 lessh637 one who is  adetestableh8581 and corrupth444, Manh376, who  bdrinksh8354 iniquityh5767b like waterh4325!

What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life

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"I will tellh2331a you, listenh8085 to me; And whath2088 I have seenh2372 I will also declareh5608;

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Whath834 wiseh2450 menh2450 have toldh5046, And have not concealedh3582 from  atheir fathersh1,

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To whomh1992a aloneh905 the landh776 was givenh5414, And noh3808 alienh2114a passedh5674a amongh8432 them.

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"The wickedh7563 manh7563 writhesh2342a  ain painh2342a allh3605 his daysh3117, And  1numberedh4557 are the yearsh8141  bstoredh6845 up for the ruthlessh6184.

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1Soundsh6963 of  aterrorh6343 are in his earsh241;  bWhile at peaceh7965 the destroyerh7703 comesh935 upon him.

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"He does not believeh539 that he will  areturnh7725 from darknessh2822, And he is destinedh6822 for  bthe swordh2719.

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"He wandersh5074 about for foodh3899, saying, `Whereh346 is it?' He knowsh3045 that a dayh3117 of  adarknessh2822 is  1at handh3027.

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"Distressh6862b and anguishh4691 terrifyh1204 him, They overpowerh8630 him like a kingh4428 readyh6264 for the attackh3593,

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Becauseh3588 he has stretchedh5186 out his handh3027 againsth413 Godh410 And conductsh1396 himself  aarrogantlyh1396 againsth413  1the Almightyh7706b.

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"He rushesh7323  1headlongh6677 at Him With  2his massiveh5672h1354 shieldh4043.

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"For he has  acoveredh3680 his faceh6440 with his fath2459 And madeh6213a his thighsh3689 heavyh6371b with fleshh6371.

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"He has  alivedh7931 in desolateh3582 citiesh5892b, In housesh1004 noh3808 one would inhabith3427, Whichh834 are destinedh6257 to become  1ruinsh1530.

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"He  awill not becomeh6238 richh6238, norh3808 will his wealthh2428 endureh6965; And his grainh4512 will not bendh5186 downh5186 to the groundh776.

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"He will  anot  1escapeh5493 from darknessh2822; The  bflameh7957 will witherh3001 his shootsh3127, And by  cthe breathh7307 of His mouthh6310 he will goh5493 awayh5493.

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"Let him not  atrusth539 in emptinessh7723, deceivingh8582 himself; For emptinessh7723 will be his  1rewardh8545.

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"It will be accomplishedh4390  abeforeh3808 his timeh3117, And his palmh3712  bbranchh3712 will not be greenh7487a.

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"He will droph2554 offh2554 his unripeh1155 grapeh1155 like the vineh1612, And will  acasth7993 offh7993 his flowerh5328 like the oliveh2132 treeh2132.

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"For the companyh5712 of  athe godlessh2611 is barrenh1565, And fireh784 consumesh398  bthe tentsh168 of  1the corrupth7810.

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"They  aconceiveh2029  1mischiefh5999 and bringh3205 forthh3205 iniquityh205, And their  2mindh990 preparesh3559 deceptionh4820."



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