18_JOB_15_01 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite , And said ,
18_JOB_15_02 should A wise man utter vain knowledge , And fill his belly with the east wind ?
18_JOB_15_03 should he reason with unprofitable talk ? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good ?
18_JOB_15_04 yea , thou castest off Fear , And restrainest prayer before God .
18_JOB_15_05 for thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity , And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty .
18_JOB_15_06 thine own mouth condemneth thee , And not I : yea , thine own lips testify against thee .
18_JOB_15_07 [ art ] thou the first man [ that ] was born ? or wast thou made before the hills ?
18_JOB_15_08 hast thou heard the secret of God ? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself ?
18_JOB_15_09 what knowest thou , that we know not ? [ what ] understandest thou , which [ Is ] not in us ?
18_JOB_15_10 with us [ are ] Both the grayheaded And very aged men , much elder than thy Father .
18_JOB_15_11 [ are ] the consolations of God small with thee ? Is there any secret thing with thee ?
18_JOB_15_12 why Doth thine heart carry thee away ? And what do thy eyes wink at ,
18_JOB_15_13 that thou turnest thy spirit against God , And lettest [ such ] words go out of thy mouth ?
18_JOB_15_14 what [ Is ] man , that he should be clean ? And [ he which Is ] born of A woman , that he should be righteous ?
18_JOB_15_15 behold , he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea , the heavens are not clean in his sight .
18_JOB_15_16 how much more abominable And filthy [ Is ] man , which drinketh iniquity like water ?
18_JOB_15_17 I will show thee , hear me ; And that [ which ] I have seen I will declare ;
18_JOB_15_18 which wise men have told from their fathers , And have not hid [ it ] :
18_JOB_15_19 unto whom alone the earth was given , And no stranger passed among them .
18_JOB_15_20 the wicked man travaileth with pain all [ his ] days , And the number of years Is hidden to the oppressor .
18_JOB_15_21 A dreadful sound [ Is ] in his ears : in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him .
18_JOB_15_22 he believeth not that he shall Return out of darkness , And he Is waited for of the sword .
18_JOB_15_23 he wandereth abroad for bread , [ saying ] , where [ Is it ] ? he knoweth that the day of darkness Is ready at his hand .
18_JOB_15_24 Trouble And anguish shall make him afraid ; they shall prevail against him , as A king ready to the battle .
18_JOB_15_25 for he stretcheth out his hand against God , And strengtheneth himself against the Almighty .
18_JOB_15_26 he runneth upon him , [ even ] on [ his ] neck , upon the thick bosses of his bucklers :
18_JOB_15_27 because he covereth his face with his fatness , And maketh collops of fat on [ his ] flanks .
18_JOB_15_28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities , [ And ] in houses which no man inhabiteth , which are ready to become heaps .
18_JOB_15_29 he shall not be rich , neither shall his substance continue , neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth .
18_JOB_15_30 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 .
18_JOB_15_31 let not him that Is deceived trust in vanity : for vanity shall be his recompense .
18_JOB_15_32 it shall be accomplished before his time , And his branch shall not be green .
18_JOB_15_33 he shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine , And shall cast off his flower as the olive .
18_JOB_15_34 for the congregation of hypocrites [ shall be ] desolate , And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery .
18_JOB_15_35 they conceive mischief , And bring forth vanity , And their belly prepareth Deceit .