Chapter 15

  And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:  

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  Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?  

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  Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.  

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  As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.  

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  For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.  

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  Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.  

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  Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ?  

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  Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?  

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  What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?  

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  There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.  

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  Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.  

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  Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things ?  

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  Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth ?  

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  What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?  

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  Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.  

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  How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?  

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  I will shew thee, hear me : and I mill tell thee what I have seen.  

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  Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.  

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  To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.  

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  The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.  

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  The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.  

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  He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.  

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  When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.  

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  Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.  

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  For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.  

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  He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.  

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  Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.  

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  He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.  

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  He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.  

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  He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.  

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  He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.  

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  Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.  

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  He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.  

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  For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.  

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  He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.  

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