The Book of Job
Chapter 15
1 – And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
2 – Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
3 – Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
4 – As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
5 – For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
6 – Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
7 – Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ?
8 – Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
9 – What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
10 – There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
11 – Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
12 – Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things ?
13 – Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth ?
14 – What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
15 – Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
16 – How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17 – I will shew thee, hear me : and I mill tell thee what I have seen.
18 – Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
19 – To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
20 – The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21 – The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
22 – He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
23 – When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 – Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
25 – For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26 – He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
27 – Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
28 – He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
29 – He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
30 – He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
31 – He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
32 – Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
33 – He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
34 – For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
35 – He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
The Catholic Bible Online. Scriptures are from The Douay Rheims Catholic Bible 1582-1610 a.d. Version In the Public Domain. The Douay Rheims Bible is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English undertaken by members of the English College, Douai in the service of the Catholic Church.