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15:1  Empty words, Job! Empty words!
15:2  Empty words, Job! Empty words!
15:3  No one who is wise would talk the way you do or defend himself with such meaningless words.
15:4  If you had your way, no one would fear God; no one would pray to him.
15:5  Your wickedness is evident by what you say; you are trying to hide behind clever words.
15:6  There is no need for me to condemn you; you are condemned by every word you speak.
15:7  Do you think you were the first person born? Were you there when God made the mountains?
15:8  Did you overhear the plans God made? Does human wisdom belong to you alone?
15:9  There is nothing you know that we don't know.
15:10  We learned our wisdom from gray-haired people— those born before your father.
15:11  God offers you comfort; why still reject it? We have spoken for him with calm, even words.
15:12  But you are excited and glare at us in anger.
15:13  You are angry with God and denounce him.
15:14  Can any human being be really pure? Can anyone be right with God?
15:15  Why, God does not trust even his angels; even they are not pure in his sight.
15:16  And we drink evil as if it were water; yes, we are corrupt; we are worthless.
15:17  Now listen, Job, to what I know.
15:18  Those who are wise have taught me truths which they learned from their ancestors, and they kept no secrets hidden.
15:19  Their land was free from foreigners; there was no one to lead them away from God.
15:20  The wicked who oppress others will be in torment as long as they live.
15:21  Voices of terror will scream in their ears, and robbers attack when they think they are safe.
15:22  They have no hope of escaping from darkness, for somewhere a sword is waiting to kill them,
15:23  and vultures are waiting to eat their corpses. They know their future is dark;
15:24  disaster, like a powerful king, is waiting to attack them.
15:25  That is the fate of those who shake their fists at God and defy the Almighty.
15:26  They are proud and rebellious; they stubbornly hold up their shields and rush to fight against God.
15:27  They are proud and rebellious; they stubbornly hold up their shields and rush to fight against God.
15:28  They are the ones who captured cities and seized houses whose owners had fled, but war will destroy those cities and houses.
15:29  They will not remain rich for long; nothing they own will last. Even their shadows will vanish,
15:30  and they will not escape from darkness. They will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire, whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
15:31  If they are foolish enough to trust in evil, then evil will be their reward.
15:32  Before their time is up they will wither, wither like a branch and never be green again.
15:33  They will be like vines that lose their unripe grapes; like olive trees that drop their blossoms.
15:34  There will be no descendants for godless people, and fire will destroy the homes built by bribery.
15:35  These are the ones who plan trouble and do evil; their hearts are always full of deceit.