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15:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
15:2  “Should a wise man answer with learning that is of no worth, and fill himself with the east wind?
15:3  Should he argue with talk that will not help, or with words that do no good?
15:4  For sure you are doing away with the fear of the Lord. You are stopping the quiet worship of God.
15:5  You show your sin by what you say. You are trying to hide behind your words.
15:6  Your own mouth says you are guilty, and not I. Your own lips speak against you.
15:7  “Were you the first man to be born? Or were you made before the hills?
15:8  Were you there to hear the secret plans of God? Are you the only one who has wisdom?
15:9  What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
15:10  Men whose hair has grown white and those who have lived many years are among us. They are older than your father.
15:11  Are the gentle words spoken to you, which give comfort from God, too little for you?
15:12  Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes shine,
15:13  that you turn your spirit against God and let such words go out of your mouth?
15:14  What is man, that he can be pure, or he who is born of a woman, that he can be right and good?
15:15  See, God puts no trust in His holy ones. The heavens are not pure in His eyes.
15:16  How much less one who is hated and sinful, a man who drinks sin like water!
15:17  “I will tell you, listen to me. I will make known what I have seen,
15:18  what wise men have told that they learned from their fathers. They have not hidden anything.
15:19  These were the ones to whom the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
15:20  The sinful man suffers in pain all his days. His years are numbered because of all his sin.
15:21  Sounds of fear are in his ears. When all seems to be going well, the one who destroys will come upon him.
15:22  He does not believe that he will be taken away from darkness, and the sword is meant for him.
15:23  He goes to look for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is near.
15:24  Trouble and pain fill him with fear. They have power over him like a king ready for battle.
15:25  He has put out his hand against God, and is full of pride against the All-powerful.
15:26  He rushes in pride against Him with his big battle-covering.
15:27  His face is fat, and his thighs are heavy with fat.
15:28  He has lived in cities that have been laid waste, in houses where no one lives which will be destroyed.
15:29  He will no longer be rich, and what he has will not last. His grain will come to nothing.
15:30  He will not get away from darkness. The fire will dry up his branches, and the breath of God’s mouth will drive him away.
15:31  Let him not lie to himself and trust in what is empty. For what is empty will be his reward.
15:32  It will be paid in full while he still lives, and his branch will not be green.
15:33  He will be like the vine that drops off its grapes before they are ready. And he will throw off his flower like the olive tree.
15:34  Those who visit the sinful bring no fruit. And fire destroys the tents of those who do wrong.
15:35  They give birth to trouble and bring sin. Their minds plan lies.”