Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much — Job 15:1-16, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Job, Chapter 15, verses 1-16

¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite^aresponded,

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
And fill^bhimself with the east wind?

“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?

⁴

“Indeed, you do away with^creverence
And hinder meditation before God.

⁵

“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of the crafty.

⁶

“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.

⁷

“Were you the first man to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?

⁸

“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?

⁹

“What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that^dwe do not?

¹⁰

“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.

¹¹

“Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the word spoken gently with you?

¹²

“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,

¹³

That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?

¹⁴

“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁵

“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

¹⁶

How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!


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