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-Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
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 # Chapter 15
-1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
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-2. "Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
+1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
+2 “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
 And fill himself with the east wind?
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-3. Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
+3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
 Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
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-4. Yes, you cast off fear,
+4 Yes, you cast off fear,
 And restrain prayer before God.
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-5. For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
+5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
 And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
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-6. Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
+6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
 Yes, your own lips testify against you.
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-7. "Are you the first man who was born?
+7 “Are you the first man who was born?
 Or were you made before the hills?
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-8. Have you heard the counsel of God?
+8 Have you heard the counsel of God?
 Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
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-9. What do you know that we do not know?
+9 What do you know that we do not know?
 What do you understand that is not in us?
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-10. Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
+10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
 Much older than your father.
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-11. Are the consolations of God too small for you,
+11 Are the consolations of God too small for you,
 And the word spoken gently with you?
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-12. Why does your heart carry you away,
+12 Why does your heart carry you away,
 And what do your eyes wink at,
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-13. That you turn your spirit against God,
+13 That you turn your spirit against God,
 And let such words go out of your mouth?
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-14. "What is man, that he could be pure?
+14 “What is man, that he could be pure?
 And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
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-15. If God puts no trust in His saints,
+15 If God puts no trust in His saints,
 And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
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-16. How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
+16 How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
 Who drinks iniquity like water!
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-17. "I will tell you, hear me;
+17 “I will tell you, hear me;
 What I have seen I will declare,
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-18. What wise men have told,
+18 What wise men have told,
 Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
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-19. To whom alone the land was given,
+19 To whom alone the land was given,
 And no alien passed among them:
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-20. The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
+20 The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
 And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
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-21. Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
+21 Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
 In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
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-22. He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
+22 He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
 For a sword is waiting for him.
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-23. He wanders about for bread, saying, 'Where is it?'
+23 He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
 He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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-24. Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
+24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
 They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.
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-25. For he stretches out his hand against God,
+25 For he stretches out his hand against God,
 And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
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-26. Running stubbornly against Him
+26 Running stubbornly against Him
 With his strong, embossed shield.
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-27. "Though he has covered his face with his fatness,
+27 “Though he has covered his face with his fatness,
 And made his waist heavy with fat,
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-28. He dwells in desolate cities,
+28 He dwells in desolate cities,
 In houses which no one inhabits,
 Which are destined to become ruins.
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-29. He will not be rich,
+29 He will not be rich,
 Nor will his wealth continue,
 Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
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-30. He will not depart from darkness;
+30 He will not depart from darkness;
 The flame will dry out his branches,
 And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
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-31. Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
+31 Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
 For futility will be his reward.
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-32. It will be accomplished before his time,
+32 It will be accomplished before his time,
 And his branch will not be green.
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-33. He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
+33 He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
 And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
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-34. For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
+34 For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
 And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
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-35. They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
-Their womb prepares deceit."
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+35 They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
+Their womb prepares deceit.”