Job

Job 15

1Eliphaz reproveth Job of impiety in justifying himself: 17he proveth from tradition the disquietude of wicked men.

1THEN answered ^aEliphaz the Temanite, and said,

a ch. 2.11.

2^bShould a wise man utter ¹vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

b ch. 12.3; 13.2; 6.26; 11.2,3. Ho. 12.1.

3Should he reason with ^cunprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

c Col. 4.6. Mat. 12.36,37. 1Ti. 1.6,7; 6.4,5.

4Yea, ²thou castest off fear, and restrainest ³prayer before God.

5For thy mouth ⁴uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

6Thine own mouth ^dcondemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

d Mat. 26.65. Lu. 19.22. ch. 9.20. Jn. 5.45.

7Art thou ^ethe first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

e Ge. 2.7. Ps. 90.2. Pr. 8.25.

8^fHast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

f Ro. 11.34. Je. 23.18. ch. 12.2; 13.5,6. 1Co. 2.11.

9What ^gknowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

g ch. 12.3; 13.2; 26.3.

10With us are both ^hthe grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

h ch. 8.8-10; 12.12; 32.6-9. De. 32.7. He. 5.12.

11Are the ⁱconsolations of God small with thee? is there any ^jsecret thing with thee?

i ch. 5.8-26; 11.13-19. j 1Ki. 22.24. v.9.

12Why doth thine ^kheart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

k ch. 17.2,4. Ja. 1.14,15. Pr. 6.12,14,17,18.

13That thou ^lturnest thy spirit against God, and lettest ^msuch words go out of thy mouth?

l Ro. 8.7,8. Zec. 11.8. Pr. 19.3. Mal. 3.13. m ch. 9.22; 10.3; 12.6; 13.22-27.

14ⁿWhat is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

n 1Ki. 8.46. 2Ch. 6.36. ch. 14.4; 25.4-6. Ps. 14.3; 51.5. Pr. 20.9. 1Jn. 1.8,10. Ep. 2.3.

15^oBehold, he putteth no trust in his ^psaints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

o ch. 4.18; 25.5. p ch. 5.1.

16^qHow much more abominable and filthy is man, which ^rdrinketh iniquity like water?

q Ps. 14.3,4. Tit. 3.3. Ep. 2.1-3. Ro. 1.28-30; 8.7; 3.10-18. r ch. 20.12; 34.7. Ps. 53.1-4; 73.10. Pr. 19.28. 2Pe. 2.22.

17I will ^sshew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

s ch. 5.27; 13.5,6.

18Which wise men have ^ttold ^ufrom their fathers, and have not hid it :

t Is. 3.9. u ch. 8.8. Ps. 44.1,2; 78.2-8. Ge. 18.19. Is. 38.19.

19Unto ^vwhom alone the earth was given, and ^wno stranger passed among them.

v De. 32.8. w Joel 3.17. ch. 1.15,17.

20The wicked man ^xtravaileth with pain all his days, and the ^ynumber of years is hidden to the oppressor.

x ch. 36.16. 1Ti. 6.9,10. Ps. 7.14. Ja. 1.14,15. Ec. 9.3. y Ps. 90.12.

21⁵A dreadful sound is in his ears: ^zin prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

z 1Th. 5.3. Ps. 73.18-20. ch. 1.13-19. Ex. 7-14. Is. 37.36.

22He ^abelieveth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

a 2Ki. 6.33. Mat. 27.5. Re. 13.10. Ps. 55.15,23. De. 28.66,67.

23He ^bwandereth ^*abroad for bread, saying , Where is it ? he ^cknoweth that the day of darkness ^dis ready at his hand.

b Ge. 4.12. Ps. 59.15; 109.10. c He. 10.27. Is. 33.14. d ch. 18.12.

24^eTrouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

e ch. 18.5-20. Ps. 22.1-21; 77.1-10; 88.1-18. Ro. 2.8,9.

25For he ^fstretcheth out his hand against God, ^gand strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

f Mal. 3.13. Le. 26.14,15,21,23. Ro. 8.7,8. Is. 27.4; 28.15,22. g ch. 9.4.

26He ^hrunneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick ^*bosses of his ^*bucklers:

h Ex. 5.2,3. Is. 37.4,6,29. Ps. 73.8,9. 2Ch. 28.22.

27Because he ⁱcovereth his face with his fatness, and maketh ^*collops of fat on his flanks.

i De. 32.15-18. Ps. 17.10; 78.31; 73.7; 119.70. Je. 46.21. Am. 4.1. Pr. 1.32.

28And he dwelleth in ^jdesolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

j Ps. 73.18-20. ch. 3.14; 5.3. Mi. 7.13. Je. 17.5,6. Zec. 5.4. Pr. 3.33.

29He ^kshall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

k ch. 20.22. Ps. 73.18-20. 1Th. 5.3. 1Ti. 6.9,10.

30He ^lshall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and ^mby the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

l Mat. 8.12; 22.13; 25.41,46. 2Th. 1.8,9. m Is. 11.4; 30.33. 2Th. 2.8. Re. 19.15. ch. 4.9.

31Let not him that is deceived trust in ⁿvanity: for ^ovanity shall be his recompence.

n Pr. 11.4. Ec. 1.2,14; 12.8. Jonah 2.8. Is. 59.4. o ch. 20.4-29; 4.8. Pr. 22.8. Ho. 8.7. Ga. 6.7,8.

32It shall be ⁶accomplished before his time, and his ^pbranch shall not be green.

p Is. 9.14.

33He shall shake off his ^qunripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

q Is. 18.5.

34^rFor the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume ^sthe ^*tabernacles of bribery.

r ch. 20.5; 27.8. Is. 33.14,15. Hab. 2.12. ch. 1.14-19. s Am. 5.11,12.

35^tThey conceive mischief, and bring forth ⁷vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

t Ps. 7.14. Is. 59.4. Ho. 10.13. Ga. 6.7,8.