nkjv - 15

nkjv@Job:15:1 @ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

nkjv@Job:15:2 @ "Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

nkjv@Job:15:3 @ Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?

nkjv@Job:15:4 @ Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.

nkjv@Job:15:5 @ For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

nkjv@Job:15:6 @ Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

nkjv@Job:15:7 @ "Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills?

nkjv@Job:15:8 @ Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

nkjv@Job:15:9 @ What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in us?

nkjv@Job:15:10 @ Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your father.

nkjv@Job:15:11 @ Are the consolations of God too small for you, And the word spoken gently with you?

nkjv@Job:15:12 @ Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,

nkjv@Job:15:13 @ That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?

nkjv@Job:15:14 @ "What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

nkjv@Job:15:15 @ If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight,

nkjv@Job:15:16 @ How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water!

nkjv@Job:15:17 @ "I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,

nkjv@Job:15:18 @ What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers,

nkjv@Job:15:19 @ To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them:

nkjv@Job:15:20 @ The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.

nkjv@Job:15:21 @ Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.

nkjv@Job:15:22 @ He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.

nkjv@Job:15:23 @ He wanders about for bread, saying, "Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.

nkjv@Job:15:24 @ Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.

nkjv@Job:15:25 @ For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,

nkjv@Job:15:26 @ Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield.

nkjv@Job:15:27 @ "Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat,

nkjv@Job:15:28 @ He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.

nkjv@Job:15:29 @ He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.

nkjv@Job: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.

nkjv@Job:15:31 @ Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.

nkjv@Job:15:32 @ It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green.

nkjv@Job:15:33 @ He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.

nkjv@Job:15:34 @ For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.

nkjv@Job:15:35 @ They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit."

Job 15