(KJV) Job 15¹

⥃Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

[1] Then answered Eliphaz² the Temanite, and said, [2] Should a wise man³ utter vain knowledge⁴, and fill⁵ his belly with the east wind? [3] Should he reason⁶ with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? [4] Yea, thou castest off⁷ fear, and restrainest⁸ prayer⁹ before God. [5] For thy mouth uttereth¹⁰ thine iniquity, and thou choosest¹¹ the tongue of the crafty. [6] Thine own mouth¹² condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own¹³ lips testify against thee. [7] [Art] thou the first¹⁴ man [that] was born? or wast thou¹⁵ made before the hills? [8] Hast thou heard the secret¹⁶ of God? and dost thou restrain¹⁷ wisdom to thyself? [9] What knowest¹⁸ thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us? [10] With us [are] both the grayheaded¹⁹ and very aged men, much elder than thy father. [11] [Are] the consolations²⁰ of God small with thee? is there²¹ any secret thing with thee? [12] Why doth thine heart²² carry thee away? and what do thy eyes²³ wink at, [13] That thou turnest²⁴ thy spirit against God, and lettest²⁵ [such] words go out of thy mouth? [14] What [is] man²⁶, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous? [15] Behold, he putteth²⁷ no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. [16] How much²⁸ more abominable²⁹ and filthy [is] man, which drinketh³⁰ iniquity like water? [17] I will shew thee, hear me³¹; and that [which] I have seen I will declare; [18] Which wise men have told from their³² fathers, and have not hid [it]: [19] Unto whom³³ alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. [20] The wicked man travaileth³⁴ with pain all [his] days, and the number³⁵ of years is hidden to the oppressor. [21] A dreadful sound³⁶ [is] in his ears: in prosperity³⁷ the destroyer³⁸ shall come upon him. [22] He believeth not³⁹ that he shall return out of darkness, and he is⁴⁰ waited for of the sword. [23] He wandereth⁴¹ abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day⁴² of darkness is ready at his hand. [24] Trouble and anguish⁴³ shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king⁴⁴ ready to the battle. [25] For he stretcheth⁴⁵ out his hand against God, and strengtheneth⁴⁶ himself against the Almighty. [26] He runneth⁴⁷ upon him, [even] on⁴⁸ [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: [27] Because he covereth⁴⁹ his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks. [28] And he dwelleth in desolate⁵⁰ cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready⁵¹ to become heaps. [29] He shall not be rich, neither shall⁵² his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. [30] He shall not depart⁵³ out of darkness; the flame⁵⁴ shall dry up his branches, and by the breath⁵⁵ of his mouth shall he go away. [31] Let not him⁵⁶ that is deceived trust⁵⁷ in vanity: for vanity⁵⁸ shall be his recompence. [32] It shall be accomplished⁵⁹ before his time, and his branch⁶⁰ shall not be green. [33] He shall shake off⁶¹ his unripe grape as the vine, and⁶² shall cast off his flower as the olive. [34] For the congregation⁶³ of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles⁶⁴ of bribery. [35] They conceive⁶⁵ mischief, and bring forth vanity⁶⁶, and their belly prepareth deceit.