1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Job 15

1 Eliphaz reproveth Job of impiety in justifying himself. 17 He proveth by tradition the unquietness of wicked men.

 15:1 ¶ Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

 15:2 Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?

 15:3 Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?

 15:4 But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.

 15:5 For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.

 15:6 Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.

 15:7 The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?

 15:8 In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?

 15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?

 15:10 Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!

 15:11 Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?

 15:12 How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!

 15:13 For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth—out of thy mouth—words!

 15:14 What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?

 15:15 Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:

 15:16 How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in—like water—perversity.

 15:17 ¶ I will tell thee—hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.

 15:18 Which, wise men, tell, and deny not [that which is] from their fathers.

 15:19 To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst:

 15:20 All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;

 15:21 A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;

 15:22 He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;

 15:23 A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;

 15:24 Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:

 15:25 Because he had stretched out—against GOD—his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;

 15:26 He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;

 15:27 For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;

 15:28 And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.

 15:29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;

 15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness, his young branch, shall the flame dry up, and he shall depart, by the breath of his own mouth!

 15:31 Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;

 15:32 Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;

 15:33 He shall wrong—like a vine—his sour grapes, and shall cast off—as an olive-tree—his blossom.

 15:34 For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;

 15:35 Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.