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15:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
15:2  “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
15:3  Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which do not benefit?
15:4  Indeed, you do away with reverence, And hinder meditation before God.
15:5  For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the cunning.
15:6  Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
15:7  “Were you the first person to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?
15:8  Do you hear the secret discussion of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
15:9  What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?
15:10  Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
15:11  Are the consolations of God too little for you, Or the word spoken gently to you?
15:12  Why does your heart take you away? And why do your eyes wink,
15:13  That you can turn your spirit against God And produce such words from your mouth?
15:14  What is man, that he would be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous?
15:15  Behold, He has no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
15:16  How much less one who is detestable and corrupt: A person who drinks malice like water!
15:17  “I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;
15:18  What wise people have told, And have not concealed from their fathers,
15:19  To whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them.
15:20  The wicked person writhes in pain all his days, And the years reserved for the ruthless are numbered.
15:21  Sounds of terror are in his ears; While he is at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
15:22  He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword.
15:23  He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
15:24  Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
15:25  Because he has reached out with his hand against God, And is arrogant toward the Almighty.
15:26  He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield.
15:27  For he has covered his face with his fat, And put fat on his waist.
15:28  He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.
15:29  He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his property will not stretch out on the earth.
15:30  He will not escape from darkness; The flame will dry up his shoot, And he will go away by the breath of His mouth.
15:31  Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For his reward will be emptiness.
15:32  It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green.
15:33  He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
15:34  For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
15:35  They conceive harm and give birth to wrongdoing, And their mind prepares deception.”