15:1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:

15:2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

15:3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.

15:4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.

15:5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.

15:6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.

15:7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?

15:8 Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?

15:9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?

15:10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.

15:11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.

15:12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?

15:13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?

15:14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

15:15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.

15:16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?

15:17 I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.

15:18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.

15:19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.

15:20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

15:21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

15:22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.

15:23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

15:24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.

15:25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.

15:26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.

15:27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.

15:28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.

15:29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.

15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.

15:31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.

15:32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.

15:33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.

15:34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.

15:35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.