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