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15:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
15:2  “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
15:3  Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
15:4  Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.
15:5  For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
15:6  Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.
15:7  “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills?
15:8  Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
15:9  What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in us?
15:10  Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your father.
15:11  Are the consolations of God too small for you, And the word spoken gently with you?
15:12  Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,
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 could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
15:15  If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
15:16  How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water!
15:17  “I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,
15:18  What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
15:19  To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them:
15:20  The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
15:21  Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
15:22  He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.
15:23  He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
15:24  Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.
15:25  For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
15:26  Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield.
15:27  “Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat,
15:28  He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.
15:29  He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
15:30  He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
15:31  Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.
15:32  It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green.
15:33  He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
15:34  For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
15:35  They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit.”