Job Chapter 15 (KJV)

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undefined Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

undefined Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

undefined Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

undefined Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

undefined For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

undefined Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

undefined Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

undefined Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

undefined What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

undefined With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

undefined Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

undefined Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

undefined That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

undefined What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

undefined Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

undefined How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

undefined I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

undefined Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

undefined Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

undefined The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

undefined A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

undefined He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

undefined He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

undefined Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

undefined For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

undefined He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

undefined Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

undefined And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

undefined He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

undefined He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

undefined Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

undefined It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

undefined He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

undefined For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

undefined They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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