Job 15

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:	1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite spoke and said:
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?	2 Should a wise man answer with airy opinions, or puff himself up with wind?
3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.	3 Should he argue in speech which does not avail, and in words which are to no profit?
4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.	4 You in fact do away with piety, and you lessen devotion toward God,
5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.	5 Because your wickedness instructs your mouth, and you choose to speak like the crafty.
6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.	6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; you own lips refute you.
7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ?	7 Are you indeed the first-born of mankind, or were you brought forth before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?	8 Are you privy to the counsels of God, and do you restrict wisdom to yourself?
9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?	9 What do you know that we do not know? What intelligence have you which we have not?
10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.	10 There are gray-haired old men among us more advanced in years than your father.
11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.	11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, and speech that deals gently with you?
12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things ?	12 Why do your notions carry you away, and why do your eyes blink,
13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth ?	13 So that you turn your anger against God and let such words escape your mouth!
14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?	14 What is a man that he should be blameless, one born of woman that he should be righteous?
15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.	15 If in his holy ones God places no confidence, and if the heavens are not clean in his sight,
16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?	16 How much less so is the abominable, the corrupt: man, who drinks in iniquity like water!
17 I will shew thee, hear me : and I mill tell thee what I have seen.	17 I will show you, if you listen to me; what I have seen I will tell--
18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.	18 What wise men relate and have not contradicted since the days of their fathers,
19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.	19 To whom alone the land was given, when no foreigner moved among them.
20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.	20 The wicked man is in torment all his days, and limited years are in store for the tyrant;
21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.	21 The sound of terrors is in his ears; when all is prosperous, the spoiler comes upon him.
22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.	22 He despairs of escaping the darkness, and looks ever for the sword;
23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.	23 A wanderer, food for the vultures, he knows that his destruction is imminent.
24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.	24 By day the darkness fills him with dread; distress and anguish overpower him.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.	25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God and bade defiance to the Almighty,
26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.	26 One shall rush sternly upon him with the stout bosses of his shield, like a king prepared for the charge.
27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.	27 Because he has blinded himself with his crassness, padding his loins with fat,
28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.	28 He shall dwell in ruinous cities, in houses that are deserted, That are crumbling into clay
29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.	29 with no shadow to lengthen over the ground. He shall not be rich, and his possessions shall not endure;
30 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.	30 A flame shall wither him up in his early growth, and with the wind his blossoms shall disappear.
31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.	31 for vain shall be his bartering.
32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.	32 His stalk shall wither before its time, and his branches shall be green no more.
33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.	33 He shall be like a vine that sheds its grapes unripened, and like an olive tree casting off its bloom.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.	34 For the breed of the impious shall be sterile, and fire shall consume the tents of extortioners.
35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.	35 They conceive malice and bring forth emptiness; they give birth to failure.