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15 : 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
15 : 2 Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
15 : 3 Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
15 : 4 But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
15 : 5 Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
15 : 6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
15 : 7 Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
15 : 8 Do you listen in on God`s council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
15 : 9 What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
15 : 10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
15 : 11 Are God`s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
15 : 12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
15 : 13 so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
15 : 14 What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
15 : 15 If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
15 : 16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!
15 : 17 Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
15 : 18 what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from their fathers
15 : 19 (to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them):
15 : 20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
15 : 21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
15 : 22 He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.
15 : 23 He wanders about--food for vultures ; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
15 : 24 Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
15 : 25 because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
15 : 26 defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
15 : 27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
15 : 28 he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
15 : 29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
15 : 30 He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God`s mouth will carry him away.
15 : 31 Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
15 : 32 Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.
15 : 33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
15 : 34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
15 : 35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."