Eliphaz Speaks
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What do you know that we don’t?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us,
men older than your father.
11 men older than your father.
Are God’s consolations not enough for you,
even the words that deal gently with you?
12 even the words that deal gently with you?
Why has your heart misled you,
and why do your eyes flash
13 and why do your eyes flash
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Listen to me and I will inform you.
I will describe what I have seen,
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19 I will describe what I have seen,
the land was given to them alone
when no foreigner passed among them.
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21 when no foreigner passed among them.
Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.
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23 when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.
He wanders about for food, saying, “Where is it?”
He knows the day of darkness is at hand.
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26 He knows the day of darkness is at hand.
He rushes headlong at Him
with his thick, studded shields.
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29 with his thick, studded shields.
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.
His possessions(f) will not increase in the land.
30 His possessions(f) will not increase in the land.
He will not escape from the darkness;
flames will wither his shoots,
and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.(Q)
31 flames will wither his shoots,
and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.(Q)
Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.
32 for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.
It will be accomplished before his time,
and his branch will not flourish.
33 and his branch will not flourish.
He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes(R)
and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
34 and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
For the company of the godless(S) will have no children,
and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.
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and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.
Footnotes:
a.
Job 15:2: Lit windy; Jb 16:3
b.
Job 15:2: Lit his belly
c.
Job 15:13: Or spirit
d.
Job 15:20: Lit the number of
e.
Job 15:27: Lit with his fat
f.
Job 15:29: Text emended; MT reads their gain