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  15:1 ¶
Then Eliphaz the Temanite{gr.Thaemanite} answered and said, |
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15:1 ¶
Then answered°°
Eliphaz°
the Temanite,°
and said,°° |
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15:2
Will a wise man give for answer a [mere] breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly, |
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15:2
Should a wise°
man°
utter°°
vain°
knowledge,°
and fill°°
his belly°
with the east wind?° |
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15:3
reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit? |
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15:3
Should he reason°°
with unprofitable°°°
talk?°
or with speeches°
wherewith he can do no°
good?°° |
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15:4
Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord? |
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15:4
Yea,°
thou°
castest off°°
fear,°
and restrainest°°
prayer°
before°
El.° |
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15:5
Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty. |
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15:5
For°
thy mouth°
uttereth°°
thine iniquity,°
and thou choosest°°
the tongue°
of the crafty.° |
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15:6
Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee. |
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15:6
Thine own mouth°
condemneth°°
thee, and not°
I:°
yea, thine own lips°
testify°°
against thee. |
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15:7
What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills? |
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15:7
[Art] thou the first°°
man°
[that] was born?°°
or wast thou made°°
before°
the hills?° |
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15:8
Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as [his] counsellor? and has wisdom come [only] to thee? |
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15:8
Hast thou heard°°
the secret°
of Eloah?°
and dost thou restrain°°
wisdom°
to°
thyself? |
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15:9
For what knowest thou, that, we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also? |
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15:9
What°
knowest°°
thou, that we know°°
not?°
[what] understandest°°
thou, which°
[is] not°
in°
us? |
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15:10
Truly among us [are] both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father. |
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15:10
With us [are] both°
the grayheaded°°
and°
very aged°
men,°
much°
elder°°
than thy father.°° |
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15:11
Thou hast been scourged for [but] few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily [and] extravagantly. |
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15:11
[Are] the consolations°
of El°
small°
with°
thee? is there any secret°
thing°
with°
thee? |
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What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes [aimed at], |
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15:12
Why°
doth thine heart°
carry thee away?°°
and what°
do thy eyes°
wink at,°° |
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that thou hast vented [thy] rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from [thy] mouth? |
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15:13
That°
thou turnest°°
thy spirit°
against°
El,°
and lettest [such] words°
go out°°
of thy mouth?°° |
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For who, being a mortal, [is such] that he shall be blameless? or, [who that is] born of a woman, that he should be just? |
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What°
[is] man,°
that°
he should be clean?°°
and [he which is] born°°
of a woman,°
that°
he should be righteous?°° |
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Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him. |
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15:15
Behold,°
he putteth no trust°°°
in his saints;°
yea, the heavens°
are not°
clean°°
in his sight.° |
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Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught. |
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How much more°°
abominable°°
and filthy°°
[is] man,°
which drinketh°°
iniquity°°
like water?° |
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But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen; |
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15:17
I will shew°°
thee, hear°°
me; and that°
[which] I have seen°°
I will declare;°° |
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15:18
things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden. |
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15:18
Which°
wise°
men have told°°
from their fathers,°°
and have not°
hid°°
[it]: |
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To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them. |
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Unto whom alone°
the earth°
was given,°°
and no°
stranger°°
passed°°
among°
them. |
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All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered. |
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The wicked°
man°
travaileth°°
with pain°
all°
[his] days,°
and the number°
of years°
is hidden°°
to the oppressor.° |
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15:21
And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come. |
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15:21
A dreadful°
sound°
[is] in his ears:°
in prosperity°
the destroyer°°
shall come°°
upon°
him. |
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Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword. |
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He believeth°°
not°
that he shall return°°
out of°
darkness,°
and he°
is waited°°
for°
of°
the sword.° |
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And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind. |
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He°
wandereth abroad°°
for bread,°
[saying], Where°
[is it]? he knoweth°°
that°
the day°
of darkness°
is ready°°
at his hand.° |
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Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank. |
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Trouble°
and anguish°
shall make him afraid;°°
they shall prevail°°
against°
him, as a king°
ready°
to the battle.° |
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For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord. |
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For°
he stretcheth out°°
his hand°
against°
El,°
and strengtheneth°°
himself°
against°
Shaddai.° |
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And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield. |
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He runneth°°
upon°
him, [even] on [his] neck,°
upon the thick°
bosses°
of his bucklers:° |
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For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs. |
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Because°
he covereth°°
his face°
with his fatness,°
and maketh°°
collops of fat°
on°
[his] flanks.° |
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And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away. |
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And he dwelleth°°
in°
desolate°°
cities,°
[and] in houses°
which°
no°
man inhabiteth,°°
which°
are ready°°
to become heaps.° |
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Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth. |
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He shall not°
be rich,°°
neither°
shall his substance°
continue,°°
neither°
shall he prolong°°
the perfection°
thereof upon the earth.° |
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Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off. |
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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.°° |
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Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity. |
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Let not°
him that is deceived°°
trust°°
in vanity:°
for°
vanity°
shall be°
his recompence.° |
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His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish. |
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It shall be accomplished°°
before°
his time,°
and his branch°
shall not°
be green.° |
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And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive. |
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He shall shake off°°
his unripe grape°
as the vine,°
and shall cast off°°
his flower°
as the olive.° |
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For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts. |
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For°
the congregation°
of hypocrites°
[shall be] desolate,°
and fire°
shall consume°°
the tabernacles°
of bribery.° |
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15:35
And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit. |
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15:35
They conceive°°
mischief,°
and bring forth°°
vanity,°
and their belly°
prepareth°°
deceit.° |
