Verse
KJV
King James Version
WEB
World English Bible
Then answered
Eliphaz the Temanite ,
and
said
,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered
,
Should a wise man utter
vain knowledge, and fill his
belly
with the east wind?
"
Should a wise man answer
with
vain knowledge, And fill himself
with the east wind?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk ?
or with speeches wherewith
he can do no good?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk ,
Or with speeches with
which
he can do no good?
Yea
, thou
castest
off
fear, and restrainest
prayer
before God.
Yes
, you
do
away
with
fear, And hinder
devotion
before God.
For thy
mouth
uttereth
thine
iniquity, and thou
choosest
the tongue
of the crafty.
For your
iniquity teaches
your
mouth
, And you
choose
the language
of the crafty.
Thine
own mouth condemneth
thee
, and not I :
yea
, thine
own lips testify against thee
.
Your
own mouth condemns
you
, and not I ;
Yes
, your
own lips testify against you
.
Art
thou
the first man that
was born? or wast
thou
made
before the hills?
"Are
you
the first man who
was born? Or were
you
brought
forth
before the hills?
Hast
thou
heard the secret of God? and
dost
thou
restrain
wisdom to thyself
?
Have
you
heard the secret counsel
of God? Do
you
limit
wisdom to yourself
?
What knowest
thou
, that we know not
? what understandest
thou
, which is not in us?
What do
you
know
, that we don't
know? What do
you
understand
, which is not in us?
With us are both the grayheaded
and very aged men, much elder than thy
father.
With us are both the gray-headed
and the
very aged men, Much elder than your
father.
Are the consolations of God small with
thee?
is there
any
secret
thing
with
thee
?
Are the consolations of God too
small for
you,
Even
the
word
that
is gentle
toward
you
?
Why doth
thine
heart carry thee
away? and
what
do thy
eyes wink
at
,
Why does
your
heart carry you
away? Why
do your
eyes flash
,
That thou
turnest
thy
spirit against God, and lettest
such words go out of thy
mouth?
That you
turn
your
spirit against God, And let
such words go out of your
mouth?
What is man, that he should be clean? and
he which
is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be clean? He who
is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Behold, he putteth
no trust in his saints
; yea
, the heavens are not clean in his sight .
Behold, he puts
no trust in his holy
ones
; Yes
, the heavens are not clean in his sight :
How much more
abominable and filthy
is
man
, which
drinketh
iniquity like water ?
How much less
one
who
is
abominable and corrupt
, A
man
who
drinks
iniquity like water !
I will shew
thee
, hear
me; and
that which I have seen I will declare ;
"
I will show
you
, listen
to
me; That which I have seen I will declare :
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid
it :
(
Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hidden
it ;
Unto
whom alone the earth
was given, and no stranger passed among them .
To
whom alone the land
was given, And no stranger passed among them ):
The wicked man travaileth
with pain all his days, and
the number of years is
hidden
to
the oppressor.
The wicked man travails
with pain all his days, Even
the number of years that
are
laid
up
for
the oppressor.
A dreadful
sound is in his ears :
in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon
him.
A sound of
terrors
is in his ears ;
In prosperity the destroyer shall come on
him.
He believeth
not
that he shall return out of darkness, and
he is waited for of
the sword.
He doesn't
believe
that he shall return out of darkness, He is waited for by
the sword.
He wandereth
abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth
that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He wanders
abroad for bread, saying, '
Where is it? '
He knows
that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Trouble
and anguish shall
make him afraid; they shall
prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Distress
and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
For
he stretcheth
out his hand against God, and strengtheneth
himself against the Almighty .
Because
he has
stretched
out his hand against God, And behaves
himself proudly
against the Almighty ;
He runneth
upon
him ,
even
on
his
neck, upon
the thick bosses
of his bucklers :
He runs
at
him with
a
stiff
neck, With
the thick shields
of his bucklers ;
Because he covereth
his face with his fatness, and maketh
collops
of
fat on his flanks
.
Because he has
covered
his face with his fatness, And gathered
fat on his loins
.
And
he dwelleth
in desolate cities, and
in houses which no man
inhabiteth
, which are
ready to become heaps.
He has
lived
in desolate cities, In houses which no one
inhabited
, Which were
ready to become heaps.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he
prolong
the
perfection
thereof
upon
the earth.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their
possessions
be
extended
on
the earth.
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.
He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, By the breath of God's
mouth shall he go away.
Let not
him that
is
deceived
trust in vanity:
for vanity
shall be his recompence
.
Let him not
trust in emptiness,
deceiving
himself;
For emptiness
shall be his reward
.
It shall be accomplished before his time ,
and
his branch shall not be green.
It shall be accomplished before his time .
His branch shall not be green.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive tree
.
For the congregation
of hypocrites
shall be desolate
, and fire shall consume the tabernacles
of bribery.
For the company
of the
godless
shall be barren
, And fire shall consume the tents
of bribery.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity,
and
their belly
prepareth
deceit.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Their heart
prepares
deceit. "
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