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15:1  And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
15:2  Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?
15:3  To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?
15:4  Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
15:5  For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
15:6  Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
15:7  The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
15:8  Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
15:9  What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?
15:10  Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us -- Greater than thy father [in] days.
15:11  Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word [is] with thee,
15:12  What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?
15:13  For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
15:14  What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
15:15  Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
15:16  Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
15:17  I shew thee -- hearken to me -- And this I have seen and declare:
15:18  Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers.
15:19  To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
15:20  `All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
15:21  A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
15:22  He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
15:23  He is wandering for bread -- `Where [is] it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
15:24  Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
15:25  For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
15:26  He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
15:27  For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
15:28  And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
15:29  He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
15:30  He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
15:31  Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
15:32  Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
15:33  He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
15:34  For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
15:35  To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.