Job Chapter 15
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other herb.
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So are the paths of all that forget God;
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And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
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Whose confidence shall break in sunder,
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And whose trust is a spider’s web.
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He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand:
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He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
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He is green before the sun,
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And his shoots go forth over his garden.
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His roots are wrapped about the
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stone-heap,
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He beholdeth the place of stones.
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If he be destroyed from his place,
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Then it shall deny him,
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saying, I have not seen thee.
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Behold, this is the joy of his way;
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And out of the earth shall others spring.
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Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,
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Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
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He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter,
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And thy lips with shouting.
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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame;
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And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
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Then Job answered and said,
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Of a truth I know that it is so:
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But how can man be just with God?
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If he be pleased to contend with him,
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He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
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He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
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Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—
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Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not,
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When he overturneth them in his anger;
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That shaketh the earth out of its place,
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And the pillars thereof tremble;
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That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
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Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
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Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation beforeGod.
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For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
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Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
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Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
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Hast thou listened in the secret council ofGod? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
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What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
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Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
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Are the consolations ofGod too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
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Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
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That thou turnest thy spirit againstGod, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
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What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
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How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
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I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
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Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
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Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
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All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
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The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
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He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
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He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
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For he hath stretched out his hand againstGod, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
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He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
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For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
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And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
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He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
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He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
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Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
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It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
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He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
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For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
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They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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Then Eliphaz the Thæmanite answered and said,
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Will a wise man give for answer a [mere] breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,
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reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?
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Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?
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Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.
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Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.
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What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills?
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Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as [his] counsellor? and has wisdom come [only] to thee?
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For what knowest thou, that we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?
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Truly among us [are] both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.
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Thou hast been scourged for [but] few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily [and] extravagantly.
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What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes [aimed at],
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that thou hast vented [thy] rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from [thy] mouth?
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For who, being a mortal, [is such] that he shall be blameless? or, [who that is] born of a woman, that he should be just?
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Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.
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Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.
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But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;
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things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.
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To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.
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All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
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And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.
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Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
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And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcase: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.
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Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
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For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.
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And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.
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For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.
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And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
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Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
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Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.
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Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.
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His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.
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And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.
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For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
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And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
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Numquid sapiens respondebit quasi ventum loquens, et implebit ardore stomachum suum?
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Arguis verbis eum, qui non est æqualis tibi, et loqueris quod tibi non expedit.
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Quantum in te est evacuasti timorem, et tulisti preces coram Deo.
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Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium.
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Condemnabit te os tuum, et non ego: et labia tua respondebunt tibi.
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Numquid primus homo tu natus es, et ante colles formatus?
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Numquid consilium Dei audisti, et inferior te erit eius sapientia?
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Quid nosti quod ignoremus? quid intelligis quod nesciamus?
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Et senes, et antiqui sunt in nobis multo vetustiores quam patres tui.
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Numquid grande est ut consoletur te Deus? sed verba tua prava hoc prohibent
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Quid te elevat cor tuum, et quasi magna cogitans, attonitos habes oculos?
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Quid tumet contra Deum spiritus tuus, ut proferas de ore tuo huiuscemodi sermones?
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Quid est homo, ut immaculatus sit, et ut iustus appareat natus de muliere?
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Ecce inter sanctos eius nemo immutabilis, et cæli non sunt mundi in conspectu eius.
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Quanto magis abominabilis et inutilis homo, qui bibit quasi aquam iniquitatem?
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Ostendam tibi, audi me: quod vidi narrabo tibi.
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Sapientes confitentur, et non abscondunt patres suos.
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Quibus solis data est terra, et non transivit alienus per eos.
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Cunctis diebus suis impius superbit, et numerus annorum incertus est tyrannidis eius.
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Sonitus terroris semper in auribus illius: et cum pax sit, ille semper insidias suspicatur.
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Non credit quod reverti possit de tenebris ad lucem, circumspectans undique gladium.
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Cum se moverit ad quærendum panem, novit quod paratus sit in manu eius tenebrarum dies.
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Terrebit eum tribulatio, et angustia vallabit eum, sicut regem, qui præparatur ad prælium.
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Tetendit enim adversus Deum manum suam, et contra Omnipotentem roboratus est.
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Cucurrit adversus eum erecto collo, et pingui cervice armatus est.
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Operuit faciem eius crassitudo, et de lateribus eius arvina dependet.
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Habitavit in civitatibus desolatis, et in domibus desertis, quæ in tumulos sunt redactæ.
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Non ditabitur, nec perseverabit substantia eius, nec mittet in terra radicem suam.
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Non recedet de tenebris: ramos eius arefaciet flamma, et auferetur spiritu oris sui.
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Non credet frustra errore deceptus, quod aliquo pretio redimendus sit.
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Antequam dies eius impleantur, peribit: et manus eius arescent.
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Lædetur quasi vinea in primo flore botrus eius, et quasi oliva proiiciens florem suum.
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Congregatio enim hypocritæ sterilis, et ignis devorabit tabernacula eorum, qui munera libenter accipiunt.
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Concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem, et uterus eius præparat dolos.
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
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Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
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Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
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For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
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Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
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“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
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Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
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What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
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With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
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Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
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Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
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that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
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What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
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how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
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“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
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(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
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to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
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the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
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A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
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He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
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He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
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Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
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he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
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because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
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He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
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He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
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He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
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Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
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It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
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He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
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For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
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They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
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Doth a wise man answer <FI>with<Fi> vain knowledge? And fill <FI>with<Fi> an east wind his belly?
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To reason with a word not useful? And speeches--no profit in them?
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Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
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For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
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Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
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The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
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Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
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What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou--and it is not with us?
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Both the gray-headed And the very aged <FI>are<Fi> among us--Greater than thy father <FI>in<Fi> days.
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Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word <FI>is<Fi> with thee,
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What--doth thine heart take thee away? And what--are thine eyes high?
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For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
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What <FI>is<Fi> man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
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Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
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Also--surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
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I shew thee--hearken to me--And this I have seen and declare:
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Which the wise declare--And have not hid--from their fathers.
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To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
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`All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
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A fearful voice <FI>is<Fi> in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
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He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched <FI>is<Fi> he for the sword.
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He is wandering for bread--`Where <FI>is<Fi> it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
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Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
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For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
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He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
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For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over <FI>his<Fi> confidence.
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And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
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He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
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He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
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Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
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Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
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He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
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For the company of the profane <FI>is<Fi> gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
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To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).